platjola

From platja +‎ -ola.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pləˈd͡ʒɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [plaˈd͡ʒɔ.la]

platjola f (plural platjoles)

1. diminutive of platja (“beach”)
   • 1935, Joan Santamaria, Visions de Catalunya (Mallorca):

     Els meus fills jugaven baix la platjola, i, de sobte, ha comparegut un pallard i ha començat a calar foc a les mates de càrritx, de coixins de bruixa i de garballons que creixen a les juntures del rocatam.

     My sons were playing down on the little beach and, suddenly, a strapping lad appeared and started setting fire to the tussocks of bunchgrass, heather, and fan palms which grew in the creases between the rocks.

• “platjola”, 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