Belesar

Belesar

Galician

Belesar, Chantada

Church of St. Lourenzo, Belesar, Baiona

Etymology

From Late Latin Belisarī, genitive of Belisarius, from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *bilją (“axe”) + *harjaz (“army, warrior”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beleˈsaɾ/

Proper noun

Belesar m

1. A parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia.
2. A parish of Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia.
3. A parish of Baiona, Lugo, Galicia.
4. A village in San Xoán de Campo, Lugo, Lugo, Galicia.
5. A village in Vilasouto, O Incio, Lugo, Galicia.
6. A village in Diomonde, O Saviñao, Lugo, Galicia.
7. A village in Melias, Coles, Ourense, Galicia.

Related terms

• Belisarius
• Belsar

See also

• Belesar on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• “Belesar” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

1. Cf. Piel, Joseph M.; Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 99.