# aldea
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aldea and/or Portuguese aldeia.

### Noun

aldea (plural aldeas) (India, historical)
* a village
* a villa

#### References

* Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell (1903) Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* aldega
* aldeya

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Compare Spanish aldea, Portuguese aldeia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alˈdea/ [al̪ˈd̪e.a]

### Noun

aldea f (plural aldees)
* village

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aldea/ [al̪.d̪e.a]
* Rhymes: -ea, -a
* Hyphenation: al‧de‧a

### Noun

aldea
* absolutive singular of alde

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Compare Spanish aldea, Portuguese aldeia. Doublet of Deià.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əlˈde.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [alˈde.a]

### Noun

aldea f (plural aldees)
* village, mostly used in medieval chronicles when referring to locations outside Catalonia or of Moorish population

### Further reading

* “aldea”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “aldea” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* aldeia

### Etymology

Attested locally since the 13th century, but uncommon before the 14th. From Old Galician-Portuguese aldea, aldeia, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Compare Portuguese aldeia and Spanish aldea.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alˈdea/ [ɑl̪ˈd̪e.ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ea
* Hyphenation: al‧de‧a

### Noun

aldea f (plural aldeas)
* village, hamlet
    Synonyms: barrio, lugar, poubea

#### Derived terms

* Aldea
* Aldea Grande
* Aldea Nova
* Aldea Vella
* Aldeíña
* Cabo da Aldea
* Outraldea

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aldea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aldea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aldea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aldea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aldea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alde.a/

### Noun

aldea f (plural aldeas)
* Alternative form of aldeia

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”) via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Portuguese aldeia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alˈdea/ [al̪ˈd̪e.a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ea
* Syllabification: al‧de‧a

### Noun

aldea f (plural aldeas)
* village
    Synonym: villa

#### Derived terms

* aldea global
* aldeano
* casa de aldea

### Further reading

* “aldea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aldea, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔalˈdea/ [ʔɐlˈd̪ɛː.ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ea
* Syllabification: al‧de‧a

### Noun

aldea (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)
* small village
    Synonyms: nayon, baryo

### Further reading

* “aldea”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018