Melide

Galician
Church of St. Mary, Melide
Melide

Etymology

From Latin Melliti,[1] genitive of the personal name Mellitus, from mellitus (“honey-sweet”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meˈliðe̝/

Proper noun

Melide m

  1. A town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
  2. A parish of Melide, A Coruña, Galicia.
  3. A village in Camporramiro, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia.
  4. A village in San Salvador de Camba, Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia.

See also

References
  • “Melide” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “Melide” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  1. Mellitus, in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  2. Lidia Becker (2009) Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch‎, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 721
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