loja

See also: Loja, löja, lōja, and łoją

Galician

Noun

loja f (plural lojas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of loxa

Further reading

• “loja”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

• lotge, lotga, lotia, loia, lonja

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French loge, from Early Medieval Latin laubia, borrowed from Frankish *laubijā, from *laub + *-jō. First attested in 1332.

Noun

loja f

1. market

Descendants

• Catalan: llotja, llonja
  • → Spanish: lonja
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: lonja
• → Old Spanish: loja

References

• Joan Coromines (1980–1991), “llotja”, in Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, Barcelona: Curial Edicions Catalanes
• “llotja”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “llotja” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.