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Church of Santa Mariña, Esmeriz

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Attested in 1297 as Ermeriz; 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]

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Esmeriz

  1. A parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia

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  • Esmeriz” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  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.