medoña

Galician

Alternative forms
  • modoña

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a Celtic term related to Latin meta (“conical heap”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meˈðoɲa̝/

Noun

medoña f (plural medoñas)

  1. barrow; a type of megalithic structure found along Atlantic Europe consisting of a tomb (dolmen) inside a round, artificial hill once coated by a layer of stones
    Synonyms: mámoa, medorra

Derived terms
  • Medoña

References
  • “medoña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “medoña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “medoña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “medoña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “médano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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