Asturian

Noun

aldea f ‎(plural aldees)

1. village

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese aldea, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة ‎(aḍ-ḍayʿa, “village”). Compare Portuguese aldeia.

Noun

aldea f ‎(plural aldeas)

1. village

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة ‎(aḍ-ḍayʿa, “village”). Compare Portuguese aldeia.

Noun

aldea f ‎(plural aldeas)

1. village
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict:

     Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride.

Synonyms

• villa

Derived terms

• aldeano