Brión

See also: Brion

Galician

Ruins of the castle of Altamira, Brión

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brigū, from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).[1] The word is documented in a medieval local charter from 818 as the name of an Iron Age hill-fort.[2] Cognate with French Brion.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾiˈoŋ/

Proper noun

Brión m

  1. A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
  2. A parish of Brión, A Coruña, Galicia.
  3. A parish of Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia.
  4. A village in Boiro, Boiro, A Coruña, Galicia.
  5. A village in Leiloio, Malpica de Bergantiños, A Coruña, Galicia.
  6. A village in Roo, Outes, A Coruña, Galicia.
  7. A village in Leiro, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia.
  8. A toponymycal surname​.

References

  • "Brión" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>
  1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77.
  2. ↑ Cabeza Quiles, Fernando (2014) A Toponimia Celta de Galicia. Noia: Toxosoutos, pages 165-69.
  3. ↑ Nègre, Ernest (1990) Toponymie générale de la France. Genève: Droz, vol. I, page 149.
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