"Lo que se verá a mi vera de Vera": Possible etymology of Vera name and homonymous toponyms

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  • Jairo Javier García Sánchez Universidad de Alcalá

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https://doi.org/10.7203/qfilologia.20.7520

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This paper shows how once again homonymy and paronymy might have hidden the true origin of the common noun vera, as well as that of some place names that appear to contain the same word. From the best known of them, Vera in Almeria, of pre-Roman origin, have been based many of the etymological arguments on the other toponyms, and on the noun vera itself. However, the explanations of those place names, among which the Galician and Portuguese Beira would also appear, and of the corresponding nouns, may be different from those which are thought to have originated from the name of the Andalusian village.

Keywords: toponymy; etymology; homonymy; vera; beira.

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Jairo Javier García Sánchez, Universidad de Alcalá

Associate Lecturer, PhD Department of Philology, Communication and Documentation

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2015-12-29

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García Sánchez, J. J. (2015). "Lo que se verá a mi vera de Vera": Possible etymology of Vera name and homonymous toponyms. Quaderns De Filologia - Estudis Lingüístics, 20, 229–249. https://doi.org/10.7203/qfilologia.20.7520
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Vol. 20 (2015): TOPONÍMIA ROMÀNICA

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