Anseán

Galician

Alternative forms

• Anseam (reintegrationist)
• Anseão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Ultimately from a lost common noun (vila, agro, castro, busto vel sim) and the name of a 5th-10th centuries landowner, Late Latin Ansilani, improper or late genitive of Ansila; from a Suevic and/or Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *Ansilô, from *ansuz (“deity”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anseˈaŋ/

Proper noun

Anseán m

1. A parish of O Corgo, Lugo, Galicia
2. A parish of Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia
3. A village in Buxantes parish, Dumbría, A Coruña, Galicia
4. a toponymical surname

See also

• Anseán on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

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