devesa

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See also: devêsa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin [terra] dēfensa (defended land). Cognate with Portuguese devesa and Spanish dehesa.

Pronunciation

Noun

devesa f (plural devesas)

  1. a vast woodland, usually walled or fenced, whose trees are not very densely packed[1]
    • 1447, María C. Sánchez Carrera (ed.), El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 328:
      Iten enna Morgan hun pedaso de devesa acerca do camino publico segun que parte per hum marqo que esta ao pee de hun carvallo grande que sou [son] nove carvallos entre grandes et pequenos
      Item, in Morgan a piece of a devesa near the public way as it goes from a boundary stone at the feet of a large oak tree; and those are nine oak trees, large and small
    • 1948, Revista de Guimarães, volumes 58–60, page 303:
      Iba sempre a cabalo, pois tiña que andar máis de catro légoas por fragas, devesas e caborcos.
      He always rode a horse, for he had to travel over four leagues through isolated forests, sparse woods and gullies.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ devesa”. Dicionario da Real Academia Galega.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese devesa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value LL. is not valid. See WT:LOL. [terra] dēfensa (defended land).

Cognate with Galician devesa and Spanish dehesa.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value Portugal is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dɨ.ˈve.zɐ/
  • Hyphenation: de‧ve‧sa

Noun

devesa f (plural s)

  1. enclosure
  2. pasture
  3. grove or plantation of chestnut trees or oaks