milgranda

Galician
Milgranda or milgrandeiro (tree)
Milgranda (fruit)

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese milgrãada, from Latin mālogrānātum, possibly influenced by mille-grana (“thousand seeds”). Cognate with Portuguese milgrada; cf. also Catalan magrana.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /milˈɣɾanda̝/

Noun

milgranda f (plural milgrandas)

  1. (dated) pomegranate (fruit)
    Synonym: granada
  2. (dated) pomegranate (Punica granatum)
    Synonym: milgrandeira

References
  • “milgranada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “milgr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “miligranda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
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