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Xiabre

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Galician

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Monte Xiabre

Etymology

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A Celtic place name: from *Senabre,[1] from Proto-Celtic *Senobrix or *Senā brix, from *seno- (old >? tall) + *brixs (hill, hill-fort).[2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Xiabre m

  1. A mountain in Pontevedra, Galicia
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References

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  1. ^ Moralejo, Juan José (2009). "Hidronimia prerromana de Gallaecia". In Kremer, Dieter. Onomástica galega II : onimia e onomástica prerromana e a situación lingüística do noroeste peninsular : actas do segundo coloquio, Leipzig, 17 3 18 de outubro de 2008. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. page 42. →ISBN.
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77, 330