Xiabre
Galician
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Etymology
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A Celtic place name: from *Senabre,[1] from Proto-Celtic *Senobrix or *Senā brix, from *seno- (“old >? tall”) + *brixs (“hill, hill-fort”).[2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Xiabre m
- A mountain in Pontevedra, Galicia.
Related terms
References
- ^ Moralejo, Juan José (2009). "Hidronimia prerromana de Gallaecia". In Kremer, Dieter. Onomástica galega II : onimia e onomástica prerromana e a situación lingüística do noroeste peninsular : actas do segundo coloquio, Leipzig, 17 3 18 de outubro de 2008. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. page 42. →ISBN.
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77, 330