abelá
Galician
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Etymology
From Old Galician / Old Galician-Portuguese avelãa, from Latin abellana (“filbert, hazelnut”), from nux abellana ("nut from Avella"), from Abella (Avella, a city in the Campania region of Italy). Cognate with Portuguese avelã, Spanish abellana.
Pronunciation
Noun
abelá f (plural abelás)
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References
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- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “auela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abelá”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN