Costoia

Galician

Etymology

Attested as Custodia since 945 in local Medieval Latin documents. Together with Custoia and Costoira, from Latin custōdia (“protection, custody”), in probable reference to the ancient presence of watchtowers or guard posts. Cognate with Portuguese Custóias and Catalan Costoja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kosˈtɔja̝]

Proper noun

Costoia f

1. name of a large number of hills all around Galicia
2. A village in Biduído parish, Ames, A Coruña, Galicia
3. A village in Grixalba parish, Sobrado, A Coruña, Galicia
4. A village in Lobás parish, O Carballiño, Ourense, Galicia
5. A village in O Couto parish, A Caniza, Pontevedra, Galicia
6. A village in Vilanova parish, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia
7. A village in Fiestras parish, Silleda, Pontevedra, Galicia
8. A village in Siador parish, Silleda, Pontevedra, Galicia
9. a toponymic surname. (usually spelled Costoya)

Related terms

• Costoira
• Costoiras
• Costoura
• Costoya
• Custoia
• Custoura
• Paracostoira
• Vilar de Costoia

References

• “Costoia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Costoya” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Costoya”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG