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Merlán.

a parish of Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

6 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

name/merˈlaŋ/

  1. a parish of Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

    masculine

  2. a parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia

    masculine

  3. a village in O Freixo parish, As Pontes de Garcia Rodríguez, A Coruña, Galicia

    masculine

  4. a village in A Torre parish, Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia

    masculine

  5. a village in Insua parish, Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia

    masculine

  6. a toponymical surname

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From local Late Latin villa Merilani, from an improper genitive form of Merila, from a Suevic and Gothic personal name (Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌻𐌰 (mērila)), from Proto-Germanic *Mērilô, from *mēraz (“great; famous”) and the diminutive personal suffix *-ilan-.

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