valgada

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a local Vulgar Latin *vallicata, from vallis (“valley”); or else from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balˈɣaða̝/

Noun

valgada m (plural valgadas)

1. glen, dell, small valley in between mountains

   Synonyms: vaganta, valga, valiña

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “valgada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “valgada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “valgada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN