Valdeorras

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Galician[edit]

A Rúa and Petín, Valdeorras

Etymology[edit]

Attested as Geurres in 569 and as Geurres, Iurres or Iorres since the 9th century,[1] later Valdeorres (from val + de, "Valley of Orres"); from Latin Gigurri, the pre-Latin name of a local tribe of Gallaecia, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

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Valdeorras

  1. A comarca in Ourense, Galicia, Spain

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Iorres" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.