Irixoa

Galician

Alternative forms

• Irijoa (reintegrationist)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɾiˈʃɔa/ [i.ɾiˈʃɔ.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔa

Proper noun

Irixoa f

1. A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
2. A parish of Muras, Lugo, Galicia
3. Irijoa; a toponymical surname

Related terms

• Grixó, Grixoa

References

• “Irixoa” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “irijoa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “Irijoa” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• 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.