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Spanish
Etymology
From gallina + de + la + tierra, literally “hen of the land”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˌʝina de la ˈtjera/
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˌʝina de la ˈtjera/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ɡaˌʎina de la ˈtjera/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˌʃina de la ˈtjera/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˌʒina de la ˈtjera/
- Syllabification: ga‧lli‧na de la tie‧rra
Noun
gallina de la tierra f (plural gallinas de la tierra)
- (obsolete outside New Mexico) turkey (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- Synonyms: pavo, guajolote
See also
References
- Garland D. Bills, Neddy A. Vigil (2008) The Spanish Language of New Mexico and Southern Colorado: A Linguistic Atlas, University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN
- Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish, Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN