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The Arnego River is a river in the
province of Pontevedra Pontevedra is a province of Spain along the country's Atlantic coast in southwestern Europe. The province forms the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, and Ourense, ...
, Galicia,
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
. It is a tributary of the
Ulla Ulla is a given name. It is short for Ursula in German-speaking countries and Ulrika/Ulrikke in Scandinavian countries. As of 31 December 2011, there were 61,043 females named Ulla in Sweden, with the name being most popular during the 1930s a ...
.


Etymology

According to E. Bascuas, "Arnego", registered already as ''Arnego'' in 853, would derive from a form ''*Arnaikom'' or ''*Arnekom'', belonging to the old European hydronymy, and derived from the Indoeuropean root ''*er-'' 'flow, move'.Edelmiro Bascuas, '' Hidronimia y léxico de origen paleoeuropeo en Galicia'' (p. 42)


See also

*
Rivers of Galicia The rivers of Galicia form part of a dense hydrographical network in the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia and has been described by Otero Pedrayo as “the land of a thousand rivers”. Most rivers are not deep enough to be navigable, althou ...


References

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