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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish aldea and/or Portuguese aldeia .
Noun
aldea (plural aldeas ) ( India , historical )
a village
a villa
References
Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell (1903 ) Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases
Asturian
An asturian aldea in Proaza, Asturias
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة ( aḍ-ḍayʕa , “ village ” ) . Compare Spanish aldea , Portuguese aldeia .
Pronunciation
Noun
aldea f (plural aldees )
village
Basque
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /aldea/
Rhymes: -ea
Hyphenation: al‧de‧a
Noun
aldea
absolutive singular of alde
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة ( aḍ-ḍayʕa , “ village ” ) . Compare Spanish aldea , Portuguese aldeia .
Pronunciation
Noun
aldea f (plural aldees )
village , mostly used in medieval chronicles when referring to locations outside Catalonia or of Moorish population
Further reading
Galician
An aldea in southern Galicia
An aldea in eastern Galicia
Etymology
Attested locally since the 13th century, but uncommon before the 14th. From Old Galician-Portuguese aldea, aldeia , from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة ( aḍ-ḍayʕa , “ village ” ) . Compare Portuguese aldeia and Spanish aldea .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /alˈdea/
Rhymes: -ea
Hyphenation: al‧de‧a
Noun
aldea f (plural aldeas )
village , hamlet
Synonyms: barrio , lugar , poubea
Derived terms
References
Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006 –2022 ) “aldea ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006 –2018 ) “aldea ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “aldea ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “aldea ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “aldea ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Old Galician-Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
aldea f (plural aldeas )
Alternative form of aldeia
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة ( aḍ-ḍayʕa , “ village ” ) via Andalusian Arabic . Compare Portuguese aldeia .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /alˈdea/
Rhymes: -ea
Syllabification: al‧de‧a
Noun
aldea f (plural aldeas )
village
Synonym: villa
Derived terms
Further reading