Gontar

Galician

Etymology

From Latin Guntari, genitive of Guntarius, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from a compound *Gunþiharjaz, from Proto-Germanic *gunþiz (“battle”) and *harjaz (“army, warrior”). Compate with German Günther and Old Norse Gunnar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡonˈtaɾ/

Proper noun

Gontar m

1. A village in Coucieiro parish, Val do Dubra, A Coruña, Galicia

Related terms

• Gonxar
• Gonzar
• Gunxar

References

• “Gontar” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Gontar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega