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See also: Praia
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese praya, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“tract, region”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]praia f (plural praias)
- beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)
Further reading
[edit]- “praia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese praia, from Late Latin plagia,[1][2] from Latin plaga (“tract, region”).[3] Doublet of plaga.
Cognate with Galician praia, Spanish playa, Catalan platja, Occitan plaja, French plage and Italian spiaggia.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ajɐ
- Hyphenation: prai‧a
Noun
[edit]praia f (plural praias)
- beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)
- 1572, Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas, First Canto:
- Mas os Mouros que andauão pela praya, / Por lhe defender a agoa deſejada, / Hum de eſcudo embarcado, & de azagaya, / Outro de arco encuruado, & ſeta eruada: […]
- But the Moors who were around the beach, / to defend its desired water, / one who was embarked with a shield and an assegai, / other with a harsh bow and thrown arrow: [...]
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “praia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “praia”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- ^ “praia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Further reading
[edit]- praia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
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