varcia

Galician

Alternative forms

• bárcea, barcia, barxa, varxa

Etymology

Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as varcena, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Cognate with Portuguese várzea and vargem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾθja̝/, (western) /ˈbaɾsja̝/

Noun

varcia f (plural varcias)

1. (dated) floodplain; fertile plain terrain on the banks of a river

   Synonym: veiga

Related terms

• Barcela
• Barcia
• Barcias
• Barciela
• Barcielas
• Bargiela
• Barja
• Barjas
• Barxa
• Barxacova
• Barxamaior
• Barxas
• Barxela
• Barxelas

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vargea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “varz”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “varcia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “varcia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega