Mosteirón

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician mosteyroo, attested in local Medieval Latin as monasteriolo, from Late Latin monasteriolum (“little abbey”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mostejˈɾɔŋ/

Proper noun

Mosteirón m

  1. A parish of Sada, A Coruña, Galicia.
  2. A village in Santa María de Neda, Neda, A Coruña, Galicia.
  3. A village in Covas, San Cristovo de Cea, Ourense, Galicia.

References
  • “Mosteirón” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “mosteyroo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • Heinz Jürgen Wolf (2007), “Le type *PALATIOLUM et autres diminutifs en toponymie”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique‎, volume 47-48, ISSN 0755-7752, pages 229-243.
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