Atalaia

Galician

Etymology

From atalaia (“watchtower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ataˈlaja̝/

Proper noun

Atalaia m

1. the name of a number of villages throughout Galicia

See also

• Atalaia on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• “Atalaia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Talaia

Etymology

From atalaia (“watchtower”), from Arabic الطَلِيعَة (aṭ-ṭalīʕa). Some Brazilians toponyms come from the Brazilian Portuguese sense of highest peak in a mountain chain. Cognate with Galician Atalaia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.taˈlaj.ɐ/ [a.taˈlaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.taˈlaj.ɐ/ [a.taˈlaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.taˈlaj.a/ [a.taˈlaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɐˈlaj.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -ajɐ
• Homophone: atalaia
• Hyphenation: A‧ta‧lai‧a

Proper noun

Atalaia f (demonym atalaiense)

1. a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower:
   1. a parish of Pinhel, Guarda district, Portugal;
   2. a parish of Lourinhã, Lisbon district, Portugal;
   3. a parish of Gavião, Portalegre district, Portugal;
   4. a parish of Vila Nova da Barquinha, Santarém district, Portugal;
   5. a parish of Montijo, Setúbal district, Portugal
2. (Brazil) a toponym, indicating a high place:
   1. a municipality of Alagoas, Brazil
   2. a municipality of Paraná, Brazil

Derived terms

• Atalaia do Campo
• Atalaia do Norte
• Póvoa da Atalaia

See also

• Custóias