Candeloria

Galician

Etymology

From an alteration of Latin candelārum, an ellipsis of [festa] candelārum, "Feast of the Candles".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kandeˈlɔɾja̝/

Proper noun

Candeloria f

  1. Candlemas

References
  • “candellorum” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “Candeloria” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “Candeloria” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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