Atalaia
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From atalaia (“watchtower”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Atalaia m
- a number of villages throughout Galicia
See also[edit]
- Atalaia on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References[edit]
- “Atalaia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From atalaia (“watchtower”), from Arabic الطَلِيعَة (aṭ-ṭalīʕa).[1] Some Brazilians toponyms come from the Brazilian Portuguese sense of highest peak in a mountain chain. Cognate with Galician Atalaia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Atalaia f
- a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower:
- (Brazil) a toponym, indicating a high place:
- A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Translingual: atalaiensis
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “Atalaia” in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Categories:
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician proper nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Villages in Galicia
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Arabic
- Portuguese terms derived from Arabic
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with homophones
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Places in Portugal
- Brazilian Portuguese
- pt:Towns in Paraná, Brazil
- pt:Towns in Brazil
- pt:Municipalities of Paraná, Brazil
- pt:Places in Paraná, Brazil
- pt:Places in Brazil