aldeia

Meaning

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

Hyphenated as

al‧dei‧a

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/awˈdej.ɐ/

Etymology

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

Sentences

E agora eram apenas quatro dias antes que ele voltasse àquela mesma aldeia .

And now it was only four days before he returned to that very village.