Insua
Galician
Etymology
From insua (“isle”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Insua f
- name of a large number of villages and hamlets throughout Galicia
- A parish of Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia.
- A parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia.
- San Xián de Insua (a parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia)
- A parish of Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia.
- Santomé de Insua (a parish of Vila de Cruces, Pontevedra, Galicia)
- A parish of Ponte Caldelas, Pontevedra, Galicia.
- a toponymical surname
Related terms
References
- “Insua” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Insua” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Insua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG