Barallobre

Galician

Etymology

Attested in local medieval documents as Baraliobre, from a first theme related to Hispanic Medieval Latin baralia (“dispute; talk”) and a deuterotheme derived from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“fort; hill”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baɾaˈʎɔβɾe̝/

Proper noun

Barallobre m

A parish of Fene, A Coruña, Galicia
A village in Bravío parish, Betanzos, A Coruña, Galicia
A village in Carballo parish, Friol, Lugo, Galicia
a toponymical surname

References

"Barallobre" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77.

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77.

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