Atalaia

Galician

Etymology

From atalaia (“watchtower”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ataˈlaja̝/

Proper noun

Atalaia m

  1. a number of villages throughout Galicia

See also

References
  • “Atalaia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • Talaia

Etymology

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
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.taˈlaj.ɐ/ [a.taˈlaɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.taˈlaj.a/ [a.taˈlaɪ̯.a]

  • Homophone: atalaia
  • Hyphenation: A‧ta‧lai‧a

Proper noun

Atalaia f

  1. a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower:
    1. A parish of Pinhel, Guarda district, Portugal;
    2. A parish of Lourinhã, Lisboa district, Portugal;
    3. A parish of Gavião, Portalegre district, Portugal;
    4. A parish of Vila Nova da Barquinha, Santarém district, Portugal;
    5. A parish of Montijo, Setúbal district, Portugal.
  2. (Brazil) a toponym, indicating a high place:
    1. A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil

Derived terms
  • Atalaia do Campo
  • Póvoa da Atalaia

Descendants
  • → Translingual: atalaiensis

See also

References
  1. “Atalaia” in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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