Grixoa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grijoa, from Late Latin ecclesiola (“little church”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾiˈʃɔa̝/

Proper noun

Grixoa f

1. A parish of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia
2. A parish of Santa Comba, A Coruña, Galicia
3. Grixoa de Esternande (a parish of Santa Comba, A Coruña, Galicia)
4. A parish of San Amaro, Ourense, Galicia
5. A parish of Viana do Bolo, Ourense, Galicia
6. A village in Berdoias parish, Vimiando, A Coruña, Galicia

Related terms

• Grixó, Irixoa

References

• “Grixoa” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “grijoa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Heinz Jürgen Wolf (2007) “Le type *PALATIOLUM et autres diminutifs en toponymie”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique‎^[1], volumes 47-48, →ISSN, pages 229-243.