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Old Occitan
Adjective
lonja
- feminine singular of lonc
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlonxa/
- Rhymes: -onxa
- Syllabification: lon‧ja
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French longe, feminine form of lonc (“long”), from Latin longus. Doublet of luenga.
Noun
lonja f (plural lonjas)
- slice, rasher
- beer belly
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Catalan llonja, from French loge. Compare Portuguese loja (“shop”). Doublet of lobby.
Noun
lonja f (plural lonjas)
- market (especially for fish)
2020 April 8, “China intenta sin éxito cerrar los mercados de animales vivos”, in La Vanguardia:Desde la epidemia del SARS en el 2003, que se originó en una de estas lonjas de la provincia de Cantón, China ha avanzado en el control y la detección de enfermedades infecciosas.- Since the 2003 SARS epidemic, which originated in one of these fish markets in Canton province, China has made progress in the control and detection of infectious diseases.
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