Barcia

See also: barcia and barcią

English

Proper noun

Barcia (plural Barcias)

1. A surname from Galician.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Barcia is the 5316^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6555 individuals. Barcia is most common among Hispanic/Latino (81.69%) and White (15.51%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Arabic, carabi

Galician

Etymology

From the older spelling of varcia (“floodplain”). Attested as Varzena in local Medieval Latin documents; ultimately from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɾθja/ [ˈbaɾ.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈbaɾθja/ [ˈbaɾ.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈbaɾsja/ [ˈbaɾ.sjɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -aɾθja

• (standard) Rhymes: -aɾθja
• (seseo) Rhymes: -aɾsja

• Hyphenation: Bar‧cia

Proper noun

Barcia m

1. A parish of Navia de Suarna, Lugo, Galicia
2. Barcia de Mera (a parish of Covelo, Pontevedra, Galicia)
3. A parish of Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia
4. A Barcia do Seixo (a parish of A Lama, Pontevedra, Galicia)
5. a large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia
6. a toponymical surname

References

• “varzea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “Barcia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Barcia” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.