Feminine
aldeia
- (feminine) village (small settlement)
- (Brazil, feminine) in particular, a tribal village; (historical) aldeia
Frequency
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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