As Anzas
Galician
Etymology
Attested as Asanza during the Middle Ages; from Alesantiam, Alesancia (775), ancient name of a local river (now Río Grande).[1] From a substrate language, perhaps from Celtic *Alisantiā;[2] cognate with French Alzette, Auxence,[3] German Elsenz,[4] and with other river names elsewhere in Europe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɛβɾɐ]
Proper noun
As Anzas
- A village in Covelas parish, Ribadeo, Lugo, Galicia
References
- “Asanza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “As Anzas” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- Moralejo, J. J. (2005), "Hidrónimos galaicos con sufijo -antia", in Palaeohispanica, 5, pages 843-846.
- Delamarre, Xavier (2012) Noms de lieux celtiques de l'Europe ancienne (-500 / +500): dictionnaire, Arles: Errance, →ISBN, page 46.
- Nègre, Ernest (1990) Toponymie générale de la France. Genève: Droz, vol. I, page 23.
- Albrecht Greule (2014) Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch: Etymologie der Gewässernamen und der zugehörigen Gebiets-, Siedlungs- und Flurnamen, De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 612.