Barcia

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See also: barcia and barcią

English

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Proper noun

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Barcia (plural Barcias)

  1. A surname from Galician.

Statistics

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  • 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

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Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

 

  • Hyphenation: Bar‧cia

Proper noun

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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

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  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “varzea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • 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.