Brión

Brión

See also: Brion and brión

Galician

Ruins of the castle of Altamira, Brión

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brigū or *brigiū , from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).[1] The word is documented in a medieval local charter from 818 as the name of an Iron Age hill-fort.[2][3] Cognate with French Brion.[4]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾiˈoŋ/

Proper noun

Brión m

1. A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
2. A parish of Brión, A Coruña, Galicia.
3. A parish of Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia.
4. A locality in Boiro parish, Boiro, A Coruña, Galicia.
5. A locality in Leiloio parish, Malpica de Bergantiños, A Coruña, Galicia.
6. A locality in Roo parish, Outes, A Coruña, Galicia.
7. A locality in Leiro parish, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia.
8. a toponymycal surname

Related terms

• -bre

References

• “Brión” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Brión” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77.
2. "Brion" in Biblioteca Dixital da Galicia Medieval.
3. Cabeza Quiles, Fernando (2014) A Toponimia Celta de Galicia. Noia: Toxosoutos, pages 165-69.
4. Nègre, Ernest (1990) Toponymie générale de la France. Genève: Droz, vol. I, page 149.