praia
Portuguese
/ˈpɾaj.ja/, /ˈpɾaj.ɐ/
noun
Definitions
- beach shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese praya derived from Latin plagia, plaga, plaga#Etymology 2 2 (tract, region).
Origin
Latin
plaga, plaga#Etymology 2 2
Gloss
tract, region
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- plage English
- playa English
- *plagium Latin
- plaga Latin
- plaga, plaga#Etymology 2 2 Latin
- plagia Latin
- piaggia Italian
- spiaggetta Italian
- spiaggia Italian
- spiaggiare Italian
- plage French
- plagiste French
- plaïe French
- пляж Russian
- explayar Spanish, Castilian
- playa Spanish, Castilian
- playera Spanish, Castilian
- playero Spanish, Castilian
- playita Spanish, Castilian
- playón Spanish, Castilian
- πλάγια Ancient Greek
- praiano Portuguese
- praieiro Portuguese
- plaża Polish
- pláž Czech
- plaža Serbo-Croatian
- плажа Serbo-Croatian
- platja Catalan, Valencian
- praia Galician
- փլաժ Armenian
- plajă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- πλαζ Greek (modern)
- plajo Ido
- plaj Turkish
- aplaya Tagalog
- плаж Bulgarian
- Plage Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- plazh Albanian
- praya Old Portuguese
- პლაჟი Georgian
- плажа Macedonian
- pláž Slovak
- plaja Occitan
- plaža Slovene
- praja Sicilian
- playa Papiamentu
- plui Dalmatian
- plaj Haitian, Haitian Creole