Alcobre

Galician

Etymology

Attested in medieval charters as Arcobre and castro Alcobre; from a Celtic composite noun, from the deuterotheme *brixs (“hill”) and perhaps a prototheme ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow; arrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈkɔβɾe̝/

Proper noun

Alcobre m

1. A village in Piloño parish, Vila de Cruces, Pontevedra, Galicia
2. a surname transferred from the place name

References

• “Alcobre” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Alcobre” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.