Grixó

Galician

Alternative forms

• Grijó (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grijoa, from Late Latin ecclesiola (“little church”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾiˈʃɔ/

Proper noun

Grixó f

1. A parish of Ramirás, Ourense, Galicia
2. A village in Foxás parish, Touro, A Coruña, Galicia
3. A village in San Pedro da Torre parish, Padrenda, Ourense, Galicia
4. A village in Lamas parish, Moraña, Pontevedra, Galicia
5. A village in Alxén parish, Salvaterra de Miño, Pontevedra, Galicia
6. Grijó; a toponymical surname

Related terms

• Grixoa, Irixoa

References

• “Grixó” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “grijo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “grijo” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• Heinz Jürgen Wolf (2007) “Le type *PALATIOLUM et autres diminutifs en toponymie”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique‎^[1], volumes 47-48, →ISSN, pages 229-243.