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carballo

Pronunciation: /kaɾˈbaɟo/

“carballo” is a Galician word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. oak
  2. English oak (Quercus robur), which was the more common tree in Galicia till the second half of the 20th century
  3. sessile oak (Quercus petraea)
  4. Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica)
  5. kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
  6. Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)
  7. oakwood

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carvallo, also attested in local Medieval Latin document since the 8th century; from carba + -allo. Cognate with Portuguese carvalho and Asturian carbayu.

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