Miño

See also: mino, Mino, minó, minò, and minő

Galician
Miño / Minho River

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese Minno, from Medieval Latin Mineo,[1] Classical Latin Minius, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Celtic, either from Proto-Celtic *mino- ("mild", compare Welsh mwyn, Irish mín),[2] or from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to wander”).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmiɲo̝/

Proper noun

Miño m

  1. Minho (a river in Galicia, Spain, and Portugal)
  • Fomiñá (from Fonte Miniana; source of the river)

Etymology 2
Miño, A Coruña

Attested as Miino in the 13th century, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmiɲo̝/

Proper noun

Miño m

  1. A town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
  2. A surname​.

References
  • “Mineo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • "Miño" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. "Mineo" in the Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  2. Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
  3. Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University, s.v. Minius.

Spanish
río Miño

Etymology

From Latin Minius.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmiɲo/

Proper noun

Miño m

  1. Minho (a river in Spain and Portugal)
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