Loentia
Galician
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Saint Stephen's church, Loentia
Etymology
Attested in Medieval Latin charters as Luentena, ultimately probably from Proto-Celtic *lowentenā, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loˈɛntja̝/
Proper noun
Loentia f
- A parish of Castro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia.
Related terms
- Luíntra
See also
Loentia on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References
- "Loentia" in Aquén, Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- Ares, Nicandro (1983). "Bendia e Loentia: ¿dous topónimos celtas?", Grial, 21(80), 225-228. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/29750188.