{"id":19251,"date":"2022-07-13T16:34:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.piratasdenabia.com\/toponyms-of-cies-1\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T16:34:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T14:34:23","slug":"toponyms-of-cies-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.piratasdenabia.com\/en\/toponyms-of-cies-1\/","title":{"rendered":"TOPONYMS OF C\u00cdES – 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Place names are part of the culture of a people: geographical features, human settlements, rivers, springs, mountains, even farmland, have their own name. In this entry we will talk about the toponyms of C\u00cdES. More specifically of the island of San Marti\u00f1o. The R.A.E.<\/a> defines “toponym” as “. <\/p>\n

1. m. Ling. Proper noun of place. (From the Greek “topos” place).<\/span><\/p>\n

The inhabitants of towns and villages are the main repositories of this immaterial culture. The proper names of places speak of their history, their location, their physical resemblance<\/strong> to an animal or a character…. In short, place names are part of our wealth and it is important to preserve and know them.<\/strong> It often happens, with the depopulation, the abandonment of lands and villages, that these place names are lost. <\/p>\n

Place names of C\u00cdES<\/h2>\n

Iv\u00e1n Sestay, philologist from the University of Vigo, writer and translator<\/strong>, has been one of the people most concerned about the preservation of the toponymy of the C\u00edes Islands. In 2020 he had collected and catalogued more than 500 toponyms of the C\u00edes Islands<\/strong> in serious risk of disappearance. We will start by knowing some of the illa de San Marti\u00f1o or illa do Sur. First of all, the two main islands of the archipelago, illa de Monteagudo and illa de Montefaro, are separated from the third, which concerns us, by a strait. This strait is called Freu da Porta<\/em>, or simply A Porta<\/em>, and it is a strait of about 500 meters. Logically, a passage between two “walls” can only be “a door.” <\/p>\n

The Furnas of C\u00cdES<\/h2>\n

The furnas, cafurnas or caves, are cavities carved into the rock by the force of the push of the sea. Although those of the island of Ons are more famous thanks to the famous “Buraco do Inferno” and to the observation of them from the cove of Caniveli\u00f1as, C\u00edes has its own. On the island that concerns us, San Marti\u00f1o, we can find, to the north, the furna da Fornaca da Galera<\/em>. It takes its name from a cape in the north of the island called Punta da Galera <\/em>, which also lends its name to the c\u00f3n da Galera<\/em>. The “c\u00f3n” is a large rock or boulder that emerges from the sea near the coast. Another furna of C\u00edes, in San Marti\u00f1o, is the furna of Fornaca da Xestosa<\/em>, which is located between the points of Xestosa and Xesteira. It is located on the eastern side of the island, facing the Vigo estuary. Further south, on the same eastern side of the island we find the furna da Suaponte<\/em>, the furna da Serpe<\/em>, and the furna da Fornaca ro Raio<\/em>. On the Atlantic side of the island we find two more furnas, the furna da Balcoeira<\/em> and the furna dos Gavotos<\/em>. The gavotos are the young of the gulls, gaivotas<\/em> (also gavotas<\/em>) in Galician. <\/p>\n

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View of San Mati\u00f1o Island from the North<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Points and inlets<\/h2>\n

In the south of the island of San Marti\u00f1o we find the first two coves, the enseada do Limpi\u00f1o<\/em> and the enseada dos Lumbrigantes<\/em>. The first one seems to be a good place to shelter in case of storm. As for the second … perhaps it is a good place to catch a lobster<\/em>, with which to prepare a delicious rice stew. The points and points are minor protruding headlands on the coast. The northernmost point of the island of San Marti\u00f1o is the Pau da Bandeira point<\/em>. To the south are the Punta da Penela do Limpi\u00f1o<\/em>, next to the inlet of the same name, and the Punta do Cabali\u00f1o<\/em>. On the Atlantic coast of San Marti\u00f1o are the Falcoeiro point<\/em> and the Gavotos point<\/em>, of the same name as the furna. There is also the P\u00e9 de Cabra point<\/em>, which, as its name suggests, resembles the hoof of a goat. The bovine is also used to name the restinga de P\u00e9 de Cabra<\/em> and the pet\u00f3ns de P\u00e9 de Cabra<\/em>. A restinga<\/em> is a surface of sand or rocks at shallow depths, while the pet\u00f3ns<\/em>, like the c\u00f3ns<\/em>, are isolated rocks jutting out of the sea. <\/p>\n

Cantils, penelas, leix\u00f3ns, laxes, baixos, pedras<\/em>, and of course areas<\/em>, are other geographical features with their particular toponyms. The beach of the island of San Marti\u00f1o is called area de San Marti\u00f1o<\/em>, 520m. long and 35m. wide. It can only be accessed by private boat. <\/p>\n

On land<\/h2>\n

Mountains, crosses<\/em> and houses also have their own names on the island of San Marti\u00f1o. To the north are the cross do Ave de Mar<\/em> and the houses dos Pr\u00e1cticos<\/em> and do Norte<\/em>. Also the mountains of O Pitosago (<\/em> 121m.) and O Carboeiro<\/em> (122m.) and the cross of San Marti\u00f1o<\/em>. In the southern part of the island are the mu\u00ed\u00f1os: the mu\u00ed\u00f1o do Limpi\u00f1o<\/em>, which uses the water of a small river called A Presa <\/em>with mouth in the cove of the same name to which we referred earlier, and the mu\u00ed\u00f1o da Ferrar\u00eda<\/em>. The latter uses the waters of the river da Granxa<\/em>. From the name we can venture the existence in its day, of a blacksmith’s shop that supplied tools to the inhabitants of the island. The highest point of the island is O Monte Pereiro<\/em>, 172 m. Not far from there, towards the center of the island is the hermitage of San Marti\u00f1o (a lapeira do santo). <\/em>The hermitages<\/em> are small hermitages excavated or that take advantage of a hole in the rock. This one is dedicated to the same saint who gives his name to the island, as it could not be otherwise.<\/p>\n

A whole universe of names of its own on a small island<\/h2>\n

Not everything is Rhodes Beach in the C\u00edes Islands. The Guardian’s<\/em> recognition as the best beach in the world undoubtedly served to launch the archipelago to tourist stardom. It also served to advance the preservation of the National Park and its treasures. We cannot leave the intangible treasures of the C\u00edes unprotected. The toponymy is part of those treasures that “enriches” us culturally to preserve. Without A Zoqueira, As Laxes Sa\u00eddas, O Cabo de Bicos, Os baixos da Pedra Morta, O leix\u00f3n do Xibarte, A pedra do Catal\u00e1n, A area de Sardeiros, Os cons de Concela, O Forcado de F\u00f3ra, O cantil de Pitosago, A Perigosa<\/em>, or the sea of Sardeiros<\/em>, the C\u00edes Islands would have one point less in their honors in wonders. <\/p>\n

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Do you want to know more about the CIS ISLANDS? In this link we tell you 5 curiosities about C\u00edes<\/a>, enjoy it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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