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Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “Angola's chicken”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaˌlĩ.ɲɐ.d‿ɐ̃ˈɡɔ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaˌli.ɲa.d‿ɐ̃ˈɡɔ.la/
- Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
- Hyphenation: ga‧li‧nha‧d'an‧go‧la
Noun
galinha-d'angola m (plural galinhas-d'angola)
- helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
- Synonyms: pintada-da-guiné, capote, tô-fraco
- (by extension, rare) guinea fowl (any bird of the family Numididae)
- Synonym: pintada