Calviño

See also: Calvino

Galician

Alternative forms
  • Calvinho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From calvo (“bald”) +‎ -iño, a diminutive/affective suffix. Compare French Chauvin and English Calvin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɑlˈβiɲʊ]

Proper noun

Calviño

  1. a surname

References
  • “Calviño” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “Caluiño” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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