escoura

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Galician

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Etymology

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From a local Vulgar Latin scauria, with the derivative scaureta already attested in Medieval Latin charters since the 9th century; perhaps from a substrate language, or from Latin scoria under the influence of a substrate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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escoura f (plural escouras)

  1. slag
  2. scum
  3. (geology) scoria

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