varcia

Galician

Alternative forms

• bárcea, barcia, barxa, varxa

Etymology

Attested in local Medieval Latin documents as varcena, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Cognate with Portuguese várzea and vargem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾθja̝/, (western) /ˈbaɾsja̝/

Noun

varcia f (plural varcias)

1. (dated) floodplain; fertile plain terrain on the banks of a river

   Synonym: veiga

Related terms

• Barcela
• Barcia
• Barcias
• Barciela
• Barcielas
• Bargiela
• Barja
• Barjas
• Barxa
• Barxacova
• Barxamaior
• Barxas
• Barxela
• Barxelas

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vargea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “varz”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “varcia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “varcia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.