Vitureira

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin vulturaria, "place with vultures", from vultur (“vulture”) + -aria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bituˈɾejɾa̝/

Proper noun

Vitureira f

1. A village in Langueirón parish, Ponteceso, A Coruña, Galicia
2. A village in San Salvador de Budiño parish, O Porriño, Pontevedra, Galicia
3. a toponymical surname

Related terms

• Boutureira
• Ventureira
• Veitureira
• voitre
• Voutureira

References

• “Vitureira” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Vitureira” 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) “ulturaria”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG