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Melide

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Proper noun

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Melide

  1. A town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
  2. A parish of Melide, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
  3. A village in Camporramiro parish, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
  4. A village in San Salvador de Camba parish, Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
  5. A municipality of Lugano district, Ticino canton, Switzerland.

Galician

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Church of St. Mary, Melide
Melide

Etymology

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From Latin Melliti,[1] genitive of the personal name Mellitus, from mellitus (“honey-sweet”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Melide m

  1. A town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
  2. A parish of Melide, A Coruña, Galicia
  3. A village in Camporramiro parish, Chantada, Lugo, Galicia
  4. A village in San Salvador de Camba parish, Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia

See also

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References

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  • “Melide” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Melide”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  1. ^ Mellitus, in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.
  2. ^ Lidia Becker (2009) Hispano-romanisches Namenbuch‎[1], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, retrieved 31 July 2018, page 721
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