contrada

See also: Contrada

Catalan

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *contrāta. Compare Italian contrada, French contrée.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /konˈtɾa.də/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kunˈtɾa.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /konˈtɾa.da/

Noun

contrada f (plural contrades)

1. region, area

   Synonym: comarca

Further reading

• “contrada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “contrada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Italian

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *contrāta. Compare French contrée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtra.da/

Noun

contrada f (plural contrade)

1. street of houses
2. (in Siena) A division of the city, approximating a parish or ward, for contention of the Palio
3. (poetic) land

Derived terms

• contradale

Further reading

• contrada in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• contrada on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• contrada di Siena on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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Spanish

Noun

contrada f (plural contradas)

1. division in the city of Siena
2. (archaic) place

   Synonyms: sitio, lugar

Further reading

• “contrada” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.