aldea

Meaning

village, mostly used in medieval chronicles when referring to locations outside Catalonia or of Moorish population

Concepts

township

village

hamlet

Translations

aldea

Dörfchen

Ort

Weiler

συνοικισμός

hameau

frazione

paesello

buurtschap

vlek

gehucht

masatge

capmàs

masada

arraial

Pronounced as (IPA)

[əlˈðe.ə]

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic: ضيعة

Cognate with Spanish: aldea

Cognate with Portuguese: aldeia

In summary

Borrowed from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Compare Spanish aldea, Portuguese aldeia. Doublet of Deià.