valgada

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a local Vulgar Latin *vallicata, from vallis (“valley”);[1] or else from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /balˈɣaða̝/

Noun

valgada m (plural valgadas)

glen, dell, small valley in between mountains
Synonyms: vaganta, valga, valiña

References

“valgada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“valgada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“valgada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. vaguada.

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