milgranda

Galician

Milgranda or milgrandeiro (tree)

Milgranda (fruit)

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese milgrãada, from Latin mālogrānātum, possibly influenced by mille-grana (“thousand seeds”). Cognate with Portuguese milgrada; cf. also Catalan magrana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /milˈɣɾanda̝/

Noun

milgranda f (plural milgrandas)

1. (dated) pomegranate (fruit)

   Synonym: granada

2. (dated) pomegranate (Punica granatum)

   Synonym: milgrandeira

Related terms

• granado

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “milgranada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “milgr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “miligranda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega