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penedo

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Galician

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Penedos de Oulego, Serra da Lastra, Galicia

Etymology

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Pena +‎ -edo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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penedo m (plural penedos)

  1. (geology) rocky outcrop; crag
  2. (geology) boulder
    • 1395, Miguel González Garcés, editor, Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media, A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 557:
      que o dicto martin bezerra e a sua moller façan tirar et derribar todos los penedos et pedras de mota que estan cabo da dicta casa sobre la terra os que poderen tirar con palancos de ferro et de madeyro et a maos de omes et que os tiren da mota et que os lançen contra o rrio et façan a mota chaa
      the aforementioned Martin Becerra and his wife should order the toppling of every boulder and every stone of the motte which is by the aforementioned house, with iron levers, and wood levers, and by the hands of men; they should be removed from the motte and thrown into the river, and they should flatten the motte
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References

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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penedos

Etymology

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From pena +‎ -edo. From Old Galician-Portuguese penedo.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pe‧ne‧do

Noun

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penedo m (plural penedos)

  1. (geology) crag
  2. (geology) boulder