Coira
Galician
Etymology
Attested in the Middle Ages as Cauria; from Hispano-Celtic *kauria, from Proto-Celtic *kawaros (“strong”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkojɾa̝/
Proper noun
Coira ?
- a village in San Fiz de Monfero parish, Monfero, A Coruña, Galicia
- a village in Nebra parish, Porto do Son, A Coruña, Galicia
- a village in Biduído parish, Ames, A Coruña, Galicia
- a village in Laraño parish, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia
- a village in Reis parish, Teo, A Coruña, Galicia
- a village in Folgoso parish, Allariz, Ourense, Galicia
- a toponymical surname
Related terms
See also
- Coira on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References
- “Coira” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “Coira” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cauri”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Curia Raetorum.
Proper noun
Coira f
- Chur (a town in Switzerland)