contrada

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *contrāta. Compare Italian contrada, French contrée.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kunˈtɾa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [konˈtɾa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [konˈtɾa.ða]
• Hyphenation: con‧tra‧da

contrada f (plural contrades)

1. region, area

   Synonym: comarca

• “contrada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “contrada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From earlier *contrata, from Vulgar Latin *contrāta. Compare French contrée.

• IPA^(key): /konˈtra.da/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: con‧trà‧da

contrada f (plural contrade)

1. street of houses
2. (in Siena) a division of the city, approximating a parish or ward, for contention of the Palio
3. (poetic) land

• contradale

• contrada in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• contrada on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• contrada di Siena on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *contrāta.

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɾada/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧da

contrada f (plural contradas)

1. division in the city of Siena
2. (archaic) place

   Synonyms: sitio, lugar

• “contrada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024