eirado

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese eirado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from eira (threshing floor) +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eirado m (plural eirados)

  1. grain extended over the threshing floor in preparation for threshing
  2. homestead
    Synonyms: casal, eido
  3. square, plaza (in a hamlet)
    • 1339, M. Lucas Alvarez; P. P. Lucas Domínguez (ed.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 488:
      do outro cabo parten per la callela que uen do Penedo pera as cassas do abbade de Cellanoua et entesta en o eirado dante a torre do conçello
      on the other extreme they depart from the alley that comes from Penedo to the houses of the abbot of Celanova, and ends in the plaza before the council's tower
    Synonym: quinteiro

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