Neri

See also: neri

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Neri, from Italian Neri.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ne‧ri

Proper noun

Neri

a Sephardic Jewish surname

Italian

Proper noun

Neri m

A male given name

Latin

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *neros (“hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“man”),[1] meaning the "Heroes" or similar.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.riː/, [ˈnɛ.riː]

Proper noun

Nerī m pl (genitive Neriōrum); second declension

A Celtic tribe of Gallaecia

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Neriī
Genitive	Neriōrum
Dative	Neriīs
Accusative	Neriōs
Ablative	Neriīs
Vocative	Neriī

Descendants

⇒ Galician: Terra de Soneira

References

Neri in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.
E. R. Luján (2006). "Pueblos celtas y no celtas de la Galicia Antigua: Fuentes literarias frente a Fuentes epigraficas".

Cf. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 289.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ne.ˈɾi/

Proper noun

Neri

A male given name

Waray-Waray

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ne‧ri

Proper noun

Neri

a Sephardic Jewish surname

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