quintana

== Asturian == === Etymology === From Old Leonese quintana, from Latin quintana. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kinˈtana/ [kĩn̪ˈt̪a.na] Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: quin‧ta‧na === Noun === quintana f (plural quintanes) homestead Synonym: caseríu front yard a rural neighborhood or hamlet, a group of rural homesteads ==== Derived terms ==== gallu la quintana quintaniegu Quintana, La Quintana, Quintaniella, Quintaniella'l Monte, Quintaniella'l Valle, Les Quintanes, Quintanieḷḷa (placenames) === Further reading === “quintana”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “quintana”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN == Catalan == === Etymology === From Latin quīntāna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kinˈta.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kinˈta.na] === Noun === quintana f (plural quintanes) A term for various types of farm fields: The cultivated field closest to a farmhouse. Synonym: quintà (Valencia) A field adjoining a farmhouse or village. (Penedès, Menorca) An uncultivated field near a farmhouse or village. (Mancor, Llucmajor) A pen for livestock near a farmhouse or village. farmyard (enclosed area surrounding a peasant cottage) (historical) A measure of land area equivalent to a fifth of a mujada (approximately 980 m²) (historical) quintaine (jousting game) === Further reading === “quintana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “quintana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “quintana”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Italian == === Noun === quintana f (plural quintane) quintan fever quintain, joust == Latin == === Etymology === From quintanus (“the fifth”), from quintus +‎ -anus. === Noun === quīntāna f (genitive quīntānae); first declension A street in the Roman camp, separating the fifth and sixth maniples, containing the marketplace ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: quintana Old French: quintaineAnglo-Norman: quintaine, quinteine→ English: quintain→ Welsh: cwintenFrench: quintaine Old Leonese: quintana Asturian: quintana Old Galician-Portuguese: quintãa Portuguese: quinta, quintã Galician: Quintá, Quintán (place names); quinteiro (derived) Spanish: quinta == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin quintana (“the fifth”), giving name to one of the roads of the Roman camp where people used to sell groceries. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kinˈtana/ [kĩn̪ˈt̪a.na] Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: quin‧ta‧na === Noun === quintana f (plural quintanas) the fifth one of the roads of the Roman camp place farmhouse in the countryside or in a village === Adjective === quintana f feminine singular of quintano === Further reading === “quintana”, 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