Almariz

Galician

Etymology

Attested in 1065 as Armariz; from Late or Medieval Latin Hermerici, in origin a Germanic personal name expressed as a Latin genitive, so meaning "Hermeric's property"; from Suevic (it's the same name of one Suevic king) or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *Ermunarīks, from *ermunaz (whole) + *rīks (king).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /almaˈɾiθ/

Proper noun

Almariz

  1. A village in Santo André de Penosiños, Ramirás, Ourense, Galicia

References

  1. Piel, J. M., & Kremer, D. (1976). Hispano-gotisches Namenbuch: der Niederschlag des Westgotischen in den alten und heutigen Personen- und Ortsnamen der Iberischen Halbinsel. Heidelberg: Carl Winter.
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