Navia

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Galician Navia.

Proper noun

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Navia (plural Navias)

  1. A surname from Galician.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Navia is the 28525th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 836 individuals. Navia is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.83%) individuals.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Río Navia
Río Navia

Etymology

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Attested as Navia in Classical Latin (Pliny).[1] From a Celtic or pre-Celtic substrate language, ultimately a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (boat), *(s)neh₂- (to swim), perhaps meaning "navigable" (cf. Proto-Indo-Iranian *naHwiyás).

Cognate, among others, with the rivers Nahe ( < Nava) in Germany and Noe ( < Navio) in England.[2][3]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Navia

  1. A river in Spain. It flows for some 160 km from Galicia to the Bay of Biscay in Asturias. In Roman times it marked the boundary in between Gallaeci and Astures
  2. A parish of Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia
  3. a habitational surname

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • Navia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Navia” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2012) Noms de lieux celtiques de l'Europe ancienne (-500 / +500): dictionnaire, Arles: Errance, →ISBN, page 204.
  3. ^ Greule, Albrecht (2014) Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch: Etymologie der Gewässernamen und der dazugehörigen Gebiets-, Siedlungs- und Flurnamen, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 369

Spanish

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Proper noun

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Navia m

  1. Navia (river)