Mera

See also: mera, měra, and mera·

Galician

River Mera, Ortigueira

Ría the Ortigueira and mouth of the Mera

Etymology

Unknown. From a substrate language. Compare also Spanish Miera.

It is registered also as the ancient name of a number of other rivers and rivulets throughout Galicia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾa̝/

Proper noun

Mera f

1. A river in Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia.
2. A river in Arzúa, A Coruña, Galicia.
3. A river in Lugo, Lugo, Galicia.
4. A river in Silleda, Pontevedra, Galicia.
5. Mera de Arriba (a parish of Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia)
6. Mera de Abaixo (a parish of Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia)
7. San Pedro de Mera (a parish of Lugo, Lugo, Galicia)
8. Santalla de Bóveda de Mera (a parish of Lugo, Lugo, Galicia)
9. Vilachá de Mera (a parish of Lugo, Lugo, Galicia)
10. Barcia de Mera (a parish of Covelo, Pontevedra, Galicia)
11. Muíños da Mera (a village in San Martiño de Calvos de Sobrecamiño parish, Arzúa, A Coruña, Galicia)
12. A village in Barcia parish, Navia de Suarna, Lugo, Galicia.
13. a toponymical surname

See also

• Mera on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• “Mera” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Mera” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Proper noun

Mera m

1. A river that flows in Switzerland and Lombardy