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Pereira.

A name of a number of villages and parishes in Galicia.

7 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

name/peˈɾejɾa̝/
  1. A name of a number of villages and parishes in Galicia.

    feminine
  2. a toponymical surname

    feminine
Where this word comes from

At face value, from pereira (“pear tree”). Alternatively, from Medieval Latin petraria, from petra (“stone”) + -aria. For the evolution compare Pérez, a patronymical surname derived from Petrus.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.