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Where does “Oviedo” come from?

Oviedo is a city in northwestern Spain whose name origin is uncertain, though it may derive from a pre-Latin or Latin source related to the region's early settlement history.

Ancestry of “Oviedo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishOviedo—
2AsturianOvetao—

Words derived from “Oviedo”

  • Oviedan
Every word from Asturian Ovetao →