Barcia

See also: barcia and barcią

English

Proper noun

Barcia (plural Barcias)

  1. A surname from Galician.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Barcia is the 5316th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6555 individuals. Barcia is most common among Hispanic/Latino (81.69%) and White (15.51%) individuals.

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From the older spelling of varcia (“floodplain”). Attested as Varzena in local Medieval Latin documents;[1] ultimately from a substrate language.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈbaɾθja/ [ˈbaɾ.θjɐ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈbaɾsja/ [ˈbaɾ.sjɐ]

 
  • (standard) Rhymes: -aɾθja
  • (seseo) Rhymes: -aɾsja

  • Hyphenation: Bar‧cia

Proper noun

Barcia m

  1. A parish of Navia de Suarna, Lugo, Galicia
  2. Barcia de Mera (a parish of Covelo, Pontevedra, Galicia)
  3. A parish of Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia
  4. A Barcia do Seixo (a parish of A Lama, Pontevedra, Galicia)
  5. a large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia
  6. a toponymical surname

References
  • “varzea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “Barcia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “Barcia” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. "Varzena" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Histori|gl|ca.
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