Miño

See also: mino, Mino, minó, minò, minő, and miño

Galician

Miño / Minho River

Alternative forms

• Minho (reintegrationist)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Minho, from Latin Minius, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Celtic, either from Proto-Celtic *mino- ("mild", compare Welsh mwyn, Irish mín), or from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to wander”). Compare Portuguese Minho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɲo/ [ˈmĩ.ɲʊ]
• Rhymes: -iɲo

Proper noun

Miño m

1. Minho (a river in Galicia, Spain, and Portugal)

Related terms

• Fomiñá (from Fonte Miniana; source of the river)

Etymology 2

Miño, A Coruña

Attested as Miino in the 13th century, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɲo̝/

Proper noun

Miño m

1. A town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
2. a surname

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Mineo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• "Miño" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

río Miño

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Minius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɲo/ [ˈmi.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -iɲo
• Syllabification: Mi‧ño

Proper noun

Miño m

1. Minho (a river in Spain and Portugal)