Praia

Praia

See also: praia

English

Etymology

From Portuguese praia (“beach”).

Named after Praia de Santa Maria which is now Praia da Gamboa (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹaɪə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪə

Proper noun

Praia

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

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Praia

  1. Praia (the capital city of Cape Verde)

Hunsrik

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *pel-?
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der.
Medieval Latin plaga?
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Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der.
Ancient Greek πλάγος (plágos)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)
Ancient Greek πλάγῐος (plágĭos)
Ancient Greek πλάγια (plágia)?
Medieval Latin plagia
Old Galician-Portuguese praia
Brazilian Portuguese praiabor.
Hunsrik Praia

    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese praia.[1]

    Cognate with Nheengatu praya.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    Praia f (plural Praias)

    1. beach

    References

    1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Praia”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 126, column 1

    Kabuverdianu

    Proper noun

    Praia

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

    Polish

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Portuguese Praiabor.
    Polish Praia

      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[1] (in Polish)

      Portuguese

      Pronunciation

       

      • 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): /praja/, [ˈpraja]
      • Rhymes: -aja
      • Hyphenation: Pra‧ia

      Proper noun

      Praia f (relational adjective praiský, demonym Praičan, female demonym Praičanka)

      1. Praia (the capital of Cape Verde)

      Declension

      Declension of Praia
      (pattern ulica)
      singular
      nominativePraia
      genitivePraie
      dativePraii
      accusativePraiu
      locativePraii
      instrumentalPraiou

      Further reading

      • “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, 2003–2026
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