merindad

Spanish

Etymology

From merino +‎ -dad.

Noun

merindad f (plural merindades)

1. (Spain) a county subdivision, larger than a municipality but smaller than a province, now mainly historical

   Synonym: merinato

Further reading

• “merindad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10