Barallobre

Galician

Etymology

Attested in local medieval documents as Baraliobre, from a first theme related to Hispanic Medieval Latin baralia (“dispute; talk”) and a deuterotheme derived from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“fort; hill”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baɾaˈʎɔβɾe̝/

Proper noun

Barallobre m

  1. A parish of Fene, A Coruña, Galicia.
  2. A village in Bravío, Betanzos, A Coruña, Galicia.
  3. A village in Carballo, Friol, Lugo, Galicia.
  4. A toponymical surname​.

References
  • "Barallobre" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77.
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