monja

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔɲ.d͡ʒa]

monja f (plural monges)

1. nun

• monjo

From Old Galician-Portuguese monja, from monge + -a. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese monga.

• Rhymes: -õʒɐ
• Hyphenation: mon‧ja

monja f (plural monjas, masculine monge, masculine plural monges)

1. nun, monkess (female monastics)

• “monja”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “monja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From monje +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonxa/ [ˈmõŋ.xa]
• Rhymes: -onxa
• Syllabification: mon‧ja

monja f (plural monjas, masculine monje, masculine plural monjes)

1. nun, monkess

• → Cebuano: mongha
• ⇒ Tagalog: monay
• → Zacatepec Chatino: mòjā

• “monje”, 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

• jamón, mojan