cortiña

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cortynna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria, attested since the 9th century in local Medieval Latin documents as cortina), a Romance diminutive of Latin cōrtis (enclosure).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

cortiña f (plural cortiñas)

  1. vegetable garden
    Synonyms: eido, horta, nabal, nabeira

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pensado, José Luis, Messner, Dieter (2003) “cortiña”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7)‎[1], A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN.