valgada

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a local Vulgar Latin *vallicata, from vallis (“valley”); or else from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balˈɣaða̝/

Noun

valgada m (plural valgadas)

1. glen, dell, small valley in between mountains

   Synonyms: vaganta, valga, valiña

References

• “valgada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “valgada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “valgada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.