Sanxenxo
Galician
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Alternative forms
edit- Samgenjo (reintegrationist)
- Sãogenjo (reintegrationist)
- Sam Genjo (reintegrationist)
- São Genjo (reintegrationist)
Etymology
editFrom Medieval Latin Sanctus Genesius, from Ancient Greek Γενέσιος (Genésios), patron saint of the local parish of San Xenxo de Padriñán, attested as San Gẽes de Padriñán in 1396.[1] A similar development led to San Xens de Bamio, attested as Sam Gẽgo de Vámeo in 1457.[2]
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSanxenxo m
- A town and municipality of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
See also
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References
edit- "Sanxenxo" in Aquén, Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- ^ Cf. Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Padriñán”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- ^ San Gens the Vameo, in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
Categories:
- Galician terms inherited from Medieval Latin
- Galician terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Galician terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician proper nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Towns in Galicia
- gl:Towns in Spain
- gl:Municipalities of Spain
- gl:Places in Galicia
- gl:Places in Spain