talaia

Borrowed from Arabic طَلَائِع (ṭalāʔiʕ), plural of طَلِيعة (ṭalīʕa, “forefront, vanguard”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təˈla.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [taˈla.ja]

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• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: ta‧la‧ia

talaia f (plural talaies)

1. (military) watchtower, lookout tower

• atalaiar
• talaier
• talaiot

• “talaia”, 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