Galician

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Etymology

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Obscure; either from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, if derived from xurro,[1] or onomatopoeic if related to chorro.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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xurreira f (plural xurreiras)

  1. drainage
  2. surface runoff

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “churre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “chorro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos