Louredo

Galician

Romanesque church of St. Mary, Louredo, Maside

Romanesque church of St. Salvador, Louredo, Mos

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin laurētum (“laurel grove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lowˈɾeðo̝/

Proper noun

Louredo m

1. A parish of O Saviñao, Lugo, Galicia.
2. A parish of Maside, Ourense, Galicia.
3. A parish of Cortegada, Ourense, Galicia.
4. A parish of Mos, Pontevedra, Galicia.
5. A village in San Mamede de Carnota parish, Carnota, A Coruña, Galicia.
6. A village in Graíces parish, A Peroxa, Ourense, Galicia.
7. A village in O Pao parish, Gomesende, Ourense, Galicia.
8. A village in Mourentán parish, Arbo, Pontevedra, Galicia.
9. a toponymical surname

Related terms

• Lourido

References

• “Louredo” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Louredo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “Louredo” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.