Salnés
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See also: salnes
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
This name is attested as Salinense at least since the 9th century;[1] from Latin territorium Salinensem (“territory of the salt works”), from salīna (“salt pan”) + -ēnsis, because of the many salt pans established there during the High Middle Ages.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Salnés m
- A comarca in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- Comarca do Salnés on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References[edit]
- ^ Since the 10th century in the Cartulary of Celanova: "Salienense" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.