Sarria

English

Proper noun

Sarria (plural Sarrias)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Sarria is the 24431st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1025 individuals. Sarria is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.15%) individuals.

Anagrams


Galician

Etymology

Originally a hydronym; the river Sarria was already documented as Sarria in local Medieval Latin in the 8th century. From a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (to flow). Related to the rivers Sarre and Sar.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsarja̝/

Proper noun

Sarria

  1. River in Galicia (Spain), a sub-tributary of the Miño river.
  2. A town and municipality of Lugo, Galicia.
  • Sarreaus

References

  1. Bascuas, Edelmiro (2008). "La Hidronimia de Galicia. Tres estratos: paleoeuropeo, celta y latino". Estudios Mindonienses. 24: 530.
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