nyerro

Catalan

Etymology

From Nyer, the name of the manorial seat of Tomàs de Banyuls i de Llupià, a leader of the nyerro faction.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɲɛ.ru]

IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɲɛ.ro]

Noun

nyerro m (plural nyerros)

(historical) a member of one of the two factions into which Catalan nobility were divided during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, opposed by the cadells

Further reading

“nyerro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“nyerro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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