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Ons
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ons öns -ons ONS
English
Proper noun
en female Arabic.
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Galician
thumb|Ons island, as seen from the mainland
Etymology
The island's name is from gl la-med Aunes; attested by Pliny as gl la-cla Aunios, from gl qsb-ibe -, probably from gl cel-pro *au- away, off,Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University, s.v. Aunios. perhaps from gl ine-pro *h₂epó.2003 Xavier Delamarre Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental 2-87772-237-6 60
Pronunciation
gl /ˈɔŋs/
Proper noun
f
gl island/and/parish municipality/Bueu p/Pontevedra autonomous community/Galicia c/Spain
gl parish municipality/Brión p/A Coruña autonomous community/Galicia
gl toponymical
See also
Ons gl
References
"Ons" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>
"Ons" in Aquén, Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.