Praia

See also: praia

English

Etymology

Named after Praia de Santa Maria which is now Praia da Gamboa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹaɪə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə

Proper noun

Praia

  1. The capital city of Cape Verde.
  2. A municipality of Cape Verde.

Translations

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Praia

  1. Praia (the capital city of Cape Verde)

Hunsrik

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese praia.[1]

Cognate with Nheengatu praya.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpraɪ̯a/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯a
  • Hyphenation: Prai‧a

Noun

Praia f (nominative plural Praias)

  1. beach

Declension
Declension of Praia
singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative/accusative die Praia die Praias
dative där/de Praia den/de Praias

References
  1. Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Praia”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 126

Kabuverdianu

Proper noun

Praia

  1. (Santiago) Praia (the capital city of Cape Verde)
  2. (Santiago) Praia (a municipality of Cape Verde)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Praia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpra.ja/
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Syllabification: Pra‧ia

Proper noun

Praia f

  1. Praia (the capital city of Cape Verde)

Declension
Declension of Praia
singular
nominative Praia
genitive Prai
dative Prai
accusative Praię
instrumental Praią
locative Prai
vocative Praio

Derived terms
adjective
  • prajański
nouns
  • prajanin
  • prajanka

Further reading
  • Praia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾaj.ɐ/ [ˈpɾaɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾaj.a/ [ˈpɾaɪ̯.a]

  • Homophone: praia
  • Hyphenation: Prai‧a

Proper noun

Praia f

  1. Praia (the capital city of Cape Verde)
  2. Praia (a municipality of Cape Verde)

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈprai̯a]

Proper noun

Praia f (genitive singular Praie, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. Praia (the capital of Cape Verde)

References
  • “Praia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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