aldeia

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese aldeia. === Noun === aldeia (plural aldeias) (historical) In colonial Brazil, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population, similar to the Spanish reducción == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === aldea, aldeya === Etymology === From Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). === Noun === aldeia f (plural aldeias) village (small settlement) ==== Descendants ==== Galician: aldea Portuguese: aldeia === Further reading === Universo Cantigas - "aldeia" Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “aldeia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese aldeia, aldea, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish aldea, Mirandese aldé and Aragonese aldeya. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: al‧dei‧a === Noun === aldeia f (plural aldeias) village (small settlement) Synonyms: povoado, lugarejo, arraial Coordinate terms: lugar, vila (Brazil) in particular, a tribal village; (historical) aldeia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Tetum: aldeia === Further reading === aldeia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt “aldeia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “aldeia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026