River Mera , Ortigueira
Ría the Ortigueira and mouth of the Mera
Etymology
Unknown . From a substrate language. Compare also Spanish Miera and Italian Mera .
It is registered also as the ancient name of a number of other rivers and rivulets throughout Galicia.
Proper noun
Mera f
A river in Ortigueira , A Coruña , Galicia
A river in Arzúa , A Coruña , Galicia
A river in Lugo , Lugo , Galicia
A river in Silleda , Pontevedra , Galicia
Mera de Arriba (a parish of Ortigueira , A Coruña , Galicia )
Mera de Abaixo (a parish of Ortigueira , A Coruña , Galicia )
San Pedro de Mera (a parish of Lugo , Lugo , Galicia )
Santalla de Bóveda de Mera (a parish of Lugo , Lugo , Galicia )
Vilachá de Mera (a parish of Lugo , Lugo , Galicia )
Barcia de Mera (a parish of Covelo , Pontevedra , Galicia )
Muíños da Mera (a village in San Martiño de Calvos de Sobrecamiño parish, Arzúa , A Coruña , Galicia )
A village in Barcia parish, Navia de Suarna , Lugo , Galicia
a toponymical surname
References
“ Mera ” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén . Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
“ Mera ” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia . Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.