aldea
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish aldea and/or Portuguese aldeia.
=== Noun ===
aldea (plural aldeas) (India, historical)
a village
a villa
==== References ====
Henry Yule; Arthur Coke Burnell (1903), Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases
== Asturian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
aldega
aldeya
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Compare Spanish aldea, Portuguese aldeia.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alˈdea/ [al̪ˈd̪e.a]
Rhymes: -ea
Syllabification: al‧de‧a
=== Noun ===
aldea f (plural aldees)
village
=== Further reading ===
Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “aldea”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
“aldea”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
== Basque ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aldea/ [al̪.d̪e.a]
Rhymes: -ea, -a
Hyphenation: al‧de‧a
=== Noun ===
aldea
absolutive singular of alde
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Compare Spanish aldea, Portuguese aldeia. Doublet of Deià.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈde.ə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [alˈde.a]
=== Noun ===
aldea f (plural aldees)
village, mostly used in medieval chronicles when referring to locations outside Catalonia or of Moorish population
=== Further reading ===
“aldea”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“aldea” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Galician ==
=== Alternative forms ===
aldeia
=== Etymology ===
Attested locally since the 13th century, but uncommon before the 14th. From Old Galician-Portuguese aldea, aldeia, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Compare Portuguese aldeia and Spanish aldea.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alˈdea/ [ɑl̪ˈd̪e.ɐ]
Rhymes: -ea
Hyphenation: al‧de‧a
=== Noun ===
aldea f (plural aldeas)
village, hamlet
Synonyms: barrio, lugar, poubea
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “aldea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “aldea”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aldea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aldea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aldea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Old Galician-Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alde.a/
=== Noun ===
aldea f (plural aldeas)
alternative form of aldeia
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”) via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Portuguese aldeia.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alˈdea/ [al̪ˈd̪e.a]
Rhymes: -ea
Syllabification: al‧de‧a
=== Noun ===
aldea f (plural aldeas)
village
Synonym: villa
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“aldea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish aldea, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈdea/ [ʔɐlˈd̪ɛː.ɐ]
Rhymes: -ea
Syllabification: al‧de‧a
=== Noun ===
aldea (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)
small village
Synonyms: nayon, baryo
=== Further reading ===
“aldea”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018