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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *callicula; compare attested Late Latin calliculus. By surface analysis, calle + -eja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈʝexa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaˈʎexa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈʃexa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈʒexa/
- Rhymes: -exa
- Syllabification: ca‧lle‧ja
Noun
calleja f (plural callejas)
- narrow street
1885, Leopoldo Alas, chapter 1, in La Regenta, volume 1, published 2006, →ISBN:Pero sin pensarlo, daba una intención lúbrica y cínica a su mirada, como meretriz de calleja, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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