Valdeorras

Valdeorras

Galician

A Rúa and Petín, Valdeorras

Etymology

Attested as Geurres in 569 and as Geurres, Iurres or Iorres since the 9th century,[1] later Valdeorres (from val + de, "Valley of Orres"); from Latin Gigurri, the pre-Latin name of a local tribe of Gallaecia, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baldeˈora̝s/

Proper noun

Valdeorras

1. A comarca in Ourense, Galicia, Spain.

See also

• Valdeorras on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

1. "Iorres" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.