praia

From Old Galician-Portuguese praya, from Late Latin plagia, from Latin plaga (“tract, region”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaja/ [ˈpɾa̠.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: pra‧ia

praia f (plural praias)

1. beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)

• “praia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

• praya (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese praia, from Late Latin plagia,[1][2] from Latin plaga (“tract, region”).[3] Doublet of plaga.

Cognate with Galician praia, Spanish playa, Catalan platja, Occitan plaja, French plage and Italian spiaggia.

• Rhymes: -ajɐ
• Hyphenation: prai‧a

praia f (plural praias)

1. beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)
   • 1572, Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas, First Canto:

     Mas os Mouros que andauão pela praya, / Por lhe defender a agoa deſejada, / Hum de eſcudo embarcado, & de azagaya, / Outro de arco encuruado, & ſeta eruada: […]

     But the Moors who were around the beach, / to defend its desired water, / one who was embarked with a shield and an assegai, / other with a harsh bow and thrown arrow: [...]

• → Hong Kong English: praya
• → Hunsrik: Praia
• → Nheengatu: praya

• praia on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt