Tixoa
Galician
Etymology
From Medieval Latin *Tugiola, a diminutive of the name of the local river Toxa, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *Tugia.[1] For the evolution, compare filloa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiˈʃɔa̝/
Proper noun
Tixoa m
- A village in Refoxos, Silleda, Pontevedra, Galicia.
References
- "Tixoa" in Aquén, Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- Pérez Capelo, Carolina (2017), “O sufixo diminutivo -ŎLA na toponimia galega / Diminutive suffix -ŎLA in Galician place names”, in Guavira Letras, issue 25, retrieved 9 May 2018, page 132.