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Melide

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English

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Melide causeway, Switzerland

Proper noun

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Melide

  1. A town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
  2. A parish of Melide, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
  3. A village in Camporramiro parish, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
  4. A village in San Salvador de Camba parish, Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
  5. A municipality in Lugano district, Ticino canton, Switzerland.

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Galician

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Church of St. Mary, Melide
Melide

Etymology

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From Latin Melliti,[1] genitive of the personal name Mellitus, from mellitus (“honey-sweet”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Melide m

  1. a town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
  2. a parish of Melide, A Coruña, Galicia
  3. a village in Camporramiro parish, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia
  4. a village in San Salvador de Camba parish, Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia

See also

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References

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  • “Melide” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Melide”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  1. ^ Mellitus, in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  2. ^ Lidia Becker (2009), Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch‎[1], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, retrieved 31 July 2018, page 721
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