Feminine

aldeia

  1. (feminine) village (small settlement)
  2. (Brazil, feminine) in particular, a tribal village; (historical) aldeia

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/awˈdej.ɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese aldeia, aldea, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish aldea, Mirandese aldé and Aragonese aldeya.

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