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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese donzela, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, from Latin domina. Compare Portuguese donzela, Old Occitan donçela, Spanish doncella, French demoiselle.
Pronunciation
Noun
doncela f (plural doncelas)
- maiden, damsel
- maid, handmaid
- rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)
Derived terms
References
- “donzela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “donzela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “doncela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “doncela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.