Etymology

aldeia

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Today it means: In colonial Brazil, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population, similar to the Spanish reducción Full definition →

Portuguese aldeia
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  1. Portuguese · borrowed fromaldeia
  2. English todayaldeia

Borrowed from Portuguese aldeia. Doublet of aldea

Words from the same roots

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aldea

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