freguesia
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From freguês (“parishioner; customer”) + -ia. Compare Spanish feligresía, Galician freguesía.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: fre‧gue‧si‧a
=== Noun ===
freguesia f (plural freguesias)
parish; an administrative division in Portugal, Macau, and Cape Verde
(business) the customers of a business, taken collectively
=== Further reading ===
“freguesia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“freguesia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Portuguese freguesia. Doublet of feligresía.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fɾeˈɡesja/ [fɾeˈɣ̞e.sja]
Rhymes: -esja
Syllabification: fre‧gue‧sia
=== Noun ===
freguesia f (plural freguesias)
administrative parish of Portugal