quinta

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noun

A country house in Madeira.

OriginPortuguese quinta ← Old Galician-Portuguese quintãa ← Latin quintana →
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Meanings

nounquinta (plural quintas)

plural quintas

  1. A country house in Madeira.

Origin

  1. Latinquintana
  2. Old Galician-Portuguesequintãa
  3. Portuguesequinta
  4. Englishquinta

Borrowed from Portuguese quinta.

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Anagrams

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APA

quinta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quinta

MLA

“quinta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quinta. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quinta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quinta.

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