abelá

Meaning

1. (feminine) hazelnut
2. (countable, feminine, uncountable) hazel (a greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/abeˈla/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: abellana

Cognate with Portuguese: avelã

Cognate with Spanish: avellana

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese avelãa, from Latin abellana (“filbert, hazelnut”), from nux abellana ("nut from Avella"), from Abella (Avella, a city in the Campania region of Italy). Cognate with Portuguese avelã and Spanish avellana.