Beja

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Arabic بجا, from Beja Bidhaawi. ==== Alternative forms ==== Beğa, Bedja ==== Noun ==== Beja pl (plural only) An ethnic group found along the Horn of Africa. ==== Proper noun ==== Beja The language of the Beja ethnic group. ==== Further reading ==== Ethnologue entry for Beja, bej ⁠ === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== Baja, Bajs ==== Proper noun ==== Beja A village in Latvia. === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Portuguese Beja ==== Proper noun ==== Beja A city and district of Portugal. Alternative form of Béja, Tunisia. == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ʒa/ === Proper noun === Beja Beja (a city in southern Portugal) Ond auẽo pois aſſẏ— que en Beia u moraua un ome Caſado ben con ſa moll q̇ amaua It happened as such, that in Beja lived a man, well-married with his wife whom he loved. ==== Descendants ==== Portuguese: Beja == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Beja, from Arabic بَاجَة (bāja), from Visigothic Paca, from Pācem (Jūliam) (the ancient Roman town). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Be‧ja === Proper noun === Beja f Beja (a locality and civil parish of Beja, district of Beja, Portugal) Beja (a city and municipality of the district of Beja, Portugal) Beja (a district in southern Portugal) Beja (a district of Abaetetuba, Pará, Brazil) ==== Usage notes ==== Beja is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal. ==== Related terms ==== bejense, pacense ==== Descendants ==== → English: Beja