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Somoza.

a village in Asados parish, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia

6 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

name/soˈmoθa̝/

  1. a village in Asados parish, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia

  2. a village in A Rúa de Valdeorras parish, A Rúa, Ourense, Galicia

  3. a village in Asadur parish, Maceda, Ourense, Galicia

  4. a parish of Pobra de Trives, Ourense, Galicia

  5. a village in Botos parish, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia

  6. a toponymical surname

Where this word comes from

Attested as Submoncia in 569 and as Somoça in Medieval Galician; from Latin sub- (“under; before”) and *montia, an accusative plural (compare Zanfoga) of a neuter form of mōns (“mountain”), so meaning "beneath the mountains".

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