muralla

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾaʎa/ [muˈɾa.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -aʎa
• Syllabification: mu‧ra‧lla

Noun

muralla f (plural muralles)

1. wall (defensive rampart built up of earth, stone etc.)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin muralia, from Latin muralis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [muˈɾa.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [muˈɾa.ʎa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

muralla f (plural muralles)

1. wall (defensive rampart)

Derived terms

• emmurallar

Related terms

• mural
• mur

Further reading

• “muralla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “muralla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “muralla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “muralla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian muraglia, from Late Latin muralia, from Latin muralis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾaʝa/ [muˈɾa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾaʝa/ [muˈɾa.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /muˈɾaʎa/ [muˈɾa.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /muˈɾaʃa/ [muˈɾa.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /muˈɾaʒa/ [muˈɾa.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -aʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: mu‧ra‧lla

Noun

muralla f (plural murallas)

1. large wall built to protect cities or territories

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pared

   La Gran Muralla China. ― The Great Wall of China.

Derived terms

• amurallar

Related terms

• mural
• muro

Further reading

• “muralla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024