aldeia
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Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”).
Noun[edit]
aldeia f
- village (small settlement)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Universo Cantigas - "aldeia"
- “aldeia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese aldeia, aldea, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish aldea, Mirandese aldé and Aragonese aldeya.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (PT) (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]
- aldeado
- aldeamento
- aldeão
- aldear
- aldeiazinha (diminutive)
Further reading[edit]
aldeia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
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