Xoana

See also: xoana

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Johanna, from Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה‎ (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן‎ (Yəhōḥānān) which produced Xoán.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃʊ̯anɐ]

Proper noun

Xoana f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Jane, Jean, Joan, Joanne, or Joanna
  2. Joanna (Biblical figure)

Derived terms

References
  • “Johanna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “Joana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “Juana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “Xoana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “Xoana” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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