montaña

See also: montana, Montana, and Montaña

Galician

Pena Surbia (2116 m) and Pena Trevinca (2127 m), highest mountains in Galicia
Vivir na montaña ("living in the highlands"), Pradorramisquedo, Ourense

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese montanna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *montānea, a collective based on Latin montem, from Proto-Indo-European *men-. Cognate with Portuguese montanha and Spanish montaña.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [monˈtaɲɐ]

Noun

montaña f (plural montañas)

  1. highlands
    • 1853, J. M. Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, page 58:
      Alá de donde vimos na montaña a miseria é tan grande que non pode a xente se queixar
      There, where we came from, in the highlands, misery is so large that people can't even complain
  2. mountain

Derived terms

References

  • montaña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • montaña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • montanna” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • montaña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • montaña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • montaña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish montanna, from Vulgar Latin *montānea, a collective based on Latin montem, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /monˈtaɲa/ [mõn̪ˈt̪a.ɲa]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲa
  • Syllabification: mon‧ta‧ña

Noun

montaña f (plural montañas)

  1. mountain
    Synonym: monte

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Montana

Further reading

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