Olveira

Olveira

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin olivaria, so attested in 934, from oliva (“olive tree”) + aria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /olˈβejɾa̝/

Proper noun

Olveira f

1. A parish of Dumbría, A Coruña, Galicia.

Etymology 2

From Latin ulvaria, so attested in 1168, from ulva (“sedge”) + aria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /olˈβejɾa̝/

Proper noun

Olveira f

1. A parish of Ribeira, A Coruña, Galicia.
2. A toponymycal surname​.

References

• "Olveira" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>