Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aldeia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: aldeia
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In colonial Brazil, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population, similar to the Spanish reducción

Example Sentences

"It is little wonder that the settlers envied the wealth of the Jesuit aldeias, and resented what they saw as the Jesuits’ obstruction of their efforts to procure an adequate supply of labour for their own plantations."

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese aldeia. Doublet of aldea

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Inflected Forms

aldeias (plural)

Questions

What does aldeia mean?: In colonial Brazil, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population, similar to the Spanish reducción
Where does aldeia come from?: Borrowed from Portuguese aldeia. Doublet of aldea

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