abadía

See also: abadia and abadiá

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abadia (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaˈdia/ [a.β̞aˈð̞i.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧dí‧a

Noun

abadía f (plural abadías)

  1. abbey
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:
      et en com̃o fez moytas abbadias et moytas igleias por lo mũdo; et en com̃o as enrrequentou et en com̃o tirou moytos corpos de santos que jaziã soterrados en terra et os meteu en moymẽtos d'ouro et de prata
      and how he made many abbeys and many churches all over the world; and how he enriched them and how he took the bodies of many saints that lay buried in the ground and put them inside gold and silver monuments
  2. abbeystead

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia, based on Latin abbas (abbot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaˈdia/ [a.β̞aˈð̞i.a]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧dí‧a

Noun

abadía f (plural abadías)

  1. abbey
  2. abbeystead

Derived terms

Further reading