aldea

See also: aldeã

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aldea and/or Portuguese aldeia.

Noun

aldea (plural aldeas) (India, historical)

1. a village
2. 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)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. 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, 2025
• “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)

1. village, hamlet

   Synonyms: barrio, lugar, poubea

Derived terms

• Aldea
• Aldea Grande
• Aldea Nova
• Aldea Vella
• Aldeíña
• Cabo da Aldea
• Outraldea

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “aldea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “aldea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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)

1. alternative form of aldeia

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”) via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Portuguese aldeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈdea/ [al̪ˈd̪e.a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: al‧de‧a

Noun

aldea f (plural aldeas)

1. village

   Synonym: villa

Derived terms

• aldea global
• aldeano
• casa de aldea

Further reading

• “aldea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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)

1. small village

   Synonyms: nayon, baryo

Further reading

• “aldea”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018