Noia
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProbably attested as Νοουιον (Noouion) in Ancient Greek (Ptolemy), from a local Celtic substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *nouyos (“new”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editNoia
- A municipality and town in A Coruña, Galicia
- a surname
References
edit- Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
- “Noia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Noya” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Categories:
- Galician terms derived from Celtic languages
- Galician terms derived from substrate languages
- Galician terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician proper nouns
- gl:Municipalities of Spain
- gl:Towns in Galicia
- gl:Towns in Spain
- gl:Places in Galicia
- gl:Places in Spain
- Galician surnames