aldeia
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Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese aldeia, aldea, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʿa, “village”). Cognate with Galician aldea, Asturian aldea, Mirandese aldé, Spanish aldea and Aragonese aldeya.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (USA) (file) - Hyphenation: al‧dei‧a
Noun[edit]
aldeia f (plural aldeias)
- village (small settlement)
- 1913, Fernando Pessoa, Ó sino da minha aldeia[1]:
- Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.
- Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.
- (Brazil) in particular, a tribal village
Derived terms[edit]
- aldeiazinha (diminutive)
Further reading[edit]
aldeia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
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