merindad

Spanish

Etymology

From merino +‎ -dad.

Noun

merindad f (plural merindades)

1. (Spain) a county subdivision, larger than a municipality but smaller than a province, now mainly historical

   Synonym: merinato

Further reading

• “merindad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014