milgranda
Galician
Milgranda or milgrandeiro (tree)
Milgranda (fruit)
Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese milgrãada, from Latin mālogrānātum, possibly influenced by mille-grana (“thousand seeds”). Cognate with Portuguese milgrada; cf. also Catalan magrana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /milˈɣɾanda̝/
Noun
milgranda f (plural milgrandas)
- (dated) pomegranate (fruit)
- Synonym: granada
- (dated) pomegranate (Punica granatum)
- Synonym: milgrandeira
Related terms
- granado
References
- “milgranada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “milgr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “miligranda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.