See also: mino, Mino, minó, minò, minő, and miño

Galician edit

 
Miño / Minho River

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Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Minho, from Medieval Latin Mineo,[1] Classical Latin Minius, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Celtic, either from Proto-Celtic *mino- ("mild", compare Welsh mwyn, Irish mín),[2] or from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (to wander).[3] Compare Portuguese Minho.

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Miño m

  1. Minho (a river in Galicia, Spain, and Portugal)
Related terms edit
  • Fomiñá (from Fonte Miniana; source of the river)

Etymology 2 edit

 
Miño, A Coruña

Attested as Miino in the 13th century, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

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Miño m

  1. A town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
  2. a surname

References edit

  • Mineo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • "Miño" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ "Mineo" in the Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  2. ^ Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
  3. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University, s.v. Minius.

Spanish edit

 
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río Miño

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin Minius.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiɲo/ [ˈmi.ɲo]
  • Rhymes: -iɲo
  • Syllabification: Mi‧ño

Proper noun edit

Miño m

  1. Minho (a river in Spain and Portugal)