beán

Galician

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bandā (“peak, top”), from Proto-Indo-European *bn̥dʰéh₂, from zero-grade form of *bendʰ- (“pin, point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [beˈaŋ]

Noun

beán m (plural beáns)

1. hillock

   Synonyms: cuíña, outeiro, cemba

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega