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groba.

ravine, defile

5 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡɾɔba/[ˈɡɾɔ.β̞ɐ]/ˈɡɾɔba/standard[ˈɡɾɔ.β̞ɐ]standard
  1. ravine, defile

    feminine
  2. groove; long and deep depression in the terrain (frequently applied to old Roman open air mines and Iron Age hill-fort ditches)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Attested as (illa) grova in Medieval Latin local documents. From Suevic or Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “dugout, hole, cave”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“cavity, pit”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”).

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