campãa

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna (“stilyard; bell”), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus (“of Campania”), from Campānia (“a region of Italy in which bronze was produced”), from campus (“open or flat space; plain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamˈpã.a/

Noun

campãa f (plural campãas)

1. bell
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 325 (facsimile):

     ⁊ o sac[ri]ſtã tan toſte a gran campãa tangia.

     And the sacristan at once rang the great bell.

Synonyms

• sino

Derived terms

• qual concello, tal campãa

Descendants

• Galician: campá
• Portuguese: campa, campã