Candeloria

Galician

Etymology

From an alteration of Latin candelārum, an ellipsis of [festa] candelārum, "Feast of the Candles".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kandeˈlɔɾja̝/

Proper noun

Candeloria f

1. Candlemas

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “candellorum”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “Candeloria”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “Candeloria”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega