milgranda

Galician

Milgranda or milgrandeiro (tree)

Milgranda (fruit)

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-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

Related terms

• granado

References

• “milgranada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “milgr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “miligranda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.