amploia

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Ligurian anciôa. Doublet of anxova. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [əmˈplo̞.jə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [əmˈplɔ.jə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [amˈplɔ.ja] === Noun === amploia f (plural amploies) European sprat (Sprattus sprattus) Synonyms: meleta, patoia === Further reading === “amploia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “amploia”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)