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English
Noun
camposanto (plural camposantos or campisanti)
- A burial place or cemetery, in Italian- or Spanish-speaking regions.
Galician
Etymology
campo (“field”) + santo (“holy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
camposanto m (plural camposantos)
- cemetery
- Synonym: cemiterio
- churchyard
- Synonyms: adro, sagrado
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “camposanto”, 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), “camposanto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “camposanto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
Dating back at least to the Camposanto at Pisa, a novel city initiative begun in the thirteenth century. It derives from the Latin, campus sanctus (“holy field”).
Noun
camposanto m (plural campisanti)
- burial place or cemetery
- Synonym: cimitero
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kampoˈsanto/
- Rhymes: -anto
- Syllabification: cam‧po‧san‧to
Noun
camposanto m (plural camposantos)
- cemetery
- Synonym: cementerio
Descendants
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