Vieira

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Vieira
Pronunciation[vj'ejra]
Origin
Meaning Scallop
Region of origin Galicia
Portugal
Other names
Variant form(s) Vieyra

Vieira is a Portuguese and Galician term which in Portuguese and Galician stands for the Great Pilgrim Mussel from the scallop family (Pectinidae). [1] [2] The term derives its use as a place and family name. [1]

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History

The use of the term can be traced, according to current knowledge, to the beginning of the 13th century in northwestern Portugal. [1] The historical writing form of the term Vieira was Vyeyra. It is assumed that the term as a name originated independently in different places (e.g. Vieira do Minho and Vieira de Leiria). [1] As a surname, the term is first found in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho in the era of Kings D. Afonso II and D. Sancho II of Portugal around 1220 A.D. [1] The historically common spelling Vyeyra is still found at least until the end of the Middle Ages in the mid-16th century. [3]

The modern Portuguese alphabet basically does not recognise the letter Y alongside the K and W, only the 23 letters of the Latin alphabet A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X and Z). The letters K, W and Y are still used, but only for names.

At least until the end of the Middle Ages, the use of the letter Y (y) was still common in Portuguese written language, as illustrated, for example, by the following text from the 16th century:

... toda junta a quinze dyas de aguosto hou se o tempo que lhe pareçese bem he menos pryguo se espera se lhe fezese faroll da sua naao he pelo pomto do seu pyloto vyese demandar guoa he ele com hos guoleons que fiquavam hatravesase a jmdea pare-. ceu a todos bem he cheguado a naao do fejtor perto do gualeom do gouernador foy hele la em hũ esquyfe a quem deu ho Regymento da maneyra que comprya mais a servyço d ell rej noso senhor he alem deste mandado ha que as fustas provese dese fresquo ho mais que lhe fose necesaryo a quall despedyo de sy ho mesmo dya ja noyte he sy a nau de jorge vyeyra merquador em que levaram consyguo da jmdea quareguada de manty- mentos ha armada com lycença ha hurmuz he hũs na vollta da serra he outros na vollta do mar desapareçerom ... [4]

Regarding the term Vieira, the writing with the letter I (i) instead of the Y (y) has basically become established. However, the term written as Vyeyra is still frequently found today using the letter Y (y), in names as Vieyra [5] , Vyeira [6] and Vyeyra. [7]

Vieira as place name

The place name Vieira may refer to:

Vieira as surname

The surname Vieira may refer to:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "House of Names - Vieira History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". House of Names. January 2000. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  2. "Immigration Records for". Ancestry.com . Archived from the original on 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2007-02-04.
  3. Cosme, João. "TRATADO DE PAZ ENTRE PORTUGAL E O REINO DE FEZ Arzila – 8 de Maio de 1538" (PDF). CORE - The world's largest collection of open access research papers (in Portuguese). p. 19. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  4. "O Arquivo Almada e Lencastre Bastos: um arquivo de família(s)" (pdf) (in Portuguese). p. 47 via Boletim do Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra.
  5. See, for example, search results on the Internet search engine Google (www.google.com) for the search term Vieyra (approximately 2,970,000 results). Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  6. See, for example, search results on the Internet search engine Google (www.google.com) for the search term Vyeira (approximately 15,900 results). Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  7. See, for example, search results on the Internet search engine Google (www.google.com) for the search term Vyeyra (approximately 10,200 results). Retrieved 2022-06-25.

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