Belesar
Galician
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Belesar, Chantada
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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
- A parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia.
- A parish of Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia.
- A parish of Baiona, Lugo, Galicia.
- A village in San Xoán de Campo, Lugo, Lugo, Galicia.
- A village in Vilasouto, O Incio, Lugo, Galicia.
- A village in Diomonde, O Saviñao, Lugo, Galicia.
- 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.
- Cf. Piel, Joseph M.; Kremer, Dieter (1976) Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch, Heidelberg: Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag, →ISBN, p. 99.