Gara
Spanish
Etymology
Gara is assumed to be derived from the first half of the name of Garajonay peak (the highest point on the island of La Gomera), formerly Garagono(c)he, from Guanche *garagônaše, from *gar-g-Wunẓiẓ "Eiunche [a Guanche seer] possesses superiority" or "Eiunche is at the highest height".[1]
Proper noun
Gara f
- A legendary Guanche woman from the island of La Gomera
- A female given name from the Canary Islands
- 2012 January 27, “Daniel y Daniela, los nombres que más se usan en Canarias”, in La Provincia, Diario de Las Palmas, retrieved 5 March 2016:
- 2012 February 26, “´Estamos en medio de un momento histórico,´ Gara Rodríguez, Becaria de la cooperación canaria”, in La Provincia, Diario de Las Palmas, retrieved 5 March 2016:
- 2015 October 14, Verónica Galán, “Las K-narias dejan de ser iguales”, in La Opinión de Tenerife, retrieved 5 March 2016:
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See also
References
- Ignacio Reyes Garcia (2012) Nombres Personales de las Islas Canarias, 1 edition, Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Le Canarien ediciones - Libreando, →ISBN, pages 16 and 45; similar entry to be found online in: Ignacio Reyes Garcia (2012), “Gara, Garagonohe”, in Ínsuloamaziq (blog), retrieved 5 March 2016
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