Atalaia

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Galician

Etymology

From atalaia (“watchtower”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Atalaia m

  1. a number of villages throughout Galicia

See also

References

  • “Atalaia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

Portuguese

 Atalaia on Portuguese Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From atalaia (“watchtower”), from Arabic الطَلِيعَة (aṭ-ṭalīʕa).[1] Some Brazilians toponyms come from the Brazilian Portuguese sense of highest peak in a mountain chain. Cognate with Galician Atalaia.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Atalaia f

  1. a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower:
    1. A parish of Pinhel, Guarda district, Portugal;
    2. A parish of Lourinhã, Lisboa district, Portugal;
    3. A parish of Gavião, Portalegre district, Portugal;
    4. A parish of Vila Nova da Barquinha, Santarém district, Portugal;
    5. A parish of Montijo, Setúbal district, Portugal.
  2. (Brazil) a toponym, indicating a high place:
    1. A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Translingual: atalaiensis

See also

References

  1. ^ “Atalaia”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
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