Miño

Meaning

Minho (a river in Galicia, Spain, and Portugal)

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmiɲo/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Minho, from Latin Minius, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Celtic, either from Proto-Celtic *mino- ("mild", compare Welsh mwyn, Irish mín), or from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to wander”). Compare Portuguese Minho.

Sentences

Antes de chegar á ponte do río Miño tes que baixarte da coche .

Before you get to the bridge, you have to get out of the car.

Como xa fixeran cos doutros concellos do Baixo Miño .

As they have already done with other municipalities in the Lower Minho.