Ribadavia

Galician

River Avia at Ribadavia

Ribadavia

Alternative forms

• Riba d'Ávia (reintegrationist)
• Ribadávia (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From the medieval form Burgo de Riba d'Avia, "Burg upon (the river) Avia"; it was awarded the title of town and a constitution in the 12th century. From riba + de + Avia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ribaˈdabja/ [ri.β̞aˈð̞a.β̞jɐ]
• Rhymes: -abja
• Hyphenation: Ri‧ba‧da‧via

Proper noun

Ribadavia

1. A town and municipality of Ourense, Galicia, Spain
2. a toponymical surname

Related terms

• Avia

See also

• Ribadavia on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

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