merindad
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
merindad f (plural merindades)
- (Spain) a county subdivision, larger than a municipality but smaller than a province, now mainly historical
- Synonym: merinato
Further reading
- “merindad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025