Avia
See also: avia and avía
Galician
Etymology
From a substrate language, from a hydronym *Awya, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₁- (“run”).[1] Compare Welsh awel (“wind”), from Proto-Celtic *awelā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₁eleh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaβja̝/
Proper noun
Avia f
- A river in Ourense, Galicia. A tributary to the Minho.
Derived terms
- Carballeda de Avia
- Ribadavia
Related terms
- Aviliobris
- Avión
See also
Avia on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References
- “Avia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- Búa, Carlos (2018) Toponimia prelatina de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela: USC, →ISBN, page 89.