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Galician

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Carro
 
Carro

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from a derivative of Latin medius. Otherwise, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mión m (plural mións)

  1. central piece of the Galician cart wheel, which is united on its extremes with the cambas, or curved pieces of the wheel's felly, and has in its center the wheel's nave
    Synonyms: mil, miúl, molo

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “medio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. mión.