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Olveira
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Galician
Etymology 1
From gl la olivaria, so attested in 934, from la oliva olive tree + la aria.
Pronunciation
gl /olˈβejɾa̝/
Proper noun
f
gl parish municipality/Dumbría provice/A Coruña autonomous community/Galicia
Etymology 2
From gl la ulvaria, so attested in 1168, from la ulva sedge + la aria.
Pronunciation
gl /olˈβejɾa̝/
Proper noun
f
gl parish municipality/Ribeira provice/A Coruña autonomous community/Galicia
gl toponymycal
References
"Olveira" 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/>