Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cortinha, from Late Latin cōrtīna (bit of enclosed land). First attested in the thirteenth century; also found in local Latin documents from the 9th–10th centuries onward.[1]

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Noun

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cortiña f (plural cortiñas)

  1. vegetable garden
    Synonyms: eido, horta, nabal, nabeira

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References

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  1. ^ Pensado, José Luis, Messner, Dieter (2003) “cortiña”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7)‎[1], A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN