Xiabre

Galician
Monte Xiabre

Etymology

A Celtic place name: from *Senabre,[1] from Proto-Celtic *Senobrix or *Senā brix, from *seno- (“old >? tall”) + *brixs (“hill, hill-fort”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃiˈaβɾe̝/

Proper noun

Xiabre m

  1. A mountain in Pontevedra, Galicia

References
  1. 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.
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77, 330
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