aldea

Noun

aldea f (plural aldees)

1. village

Alternative forms

• aldeia

Etymology

Attested locally since the 13th century, but uncommon before the 14th. Old Galician and Old Portuguese aldea, aldeia, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة‎ (aḍ-ḍayʿa, “village”). Compare Portuguese aldeia and Spanish aldea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈdea̝/

Noun

aldea f (plural aldeas)

1. village, hamlet

   Synonyms: barrio, lugar

References

• “aldea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “aldea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “aldea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “aldea” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “aldea” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة‎ (aḍ-ḍayʿa, “village”). Compare Portuguese aldeia.

Noun

aldea f (plural aldeas)

1. village
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict‎:

     Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride.