Atalaia

From atalaia (“watchtower”).

• IPA^(key): /ataˈlaja̝/

Atalaia m

1. a number of villages throughout Galicia

• Atalaia on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

• “Atalaia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

 Atalaia on Portuguese Wikipedia

• Talaia

From atalaia (“watchtower”), from Arabic الطَلِيعَة (aṭ-ṭalīʕa).^[1] Some Brazilians toponyms come from the Brazilian Portuguese sense of highest peak in a mountain chain. Cognate with Galician Atalaia.

• Homophone: atalaia
• Hyphenation: A‧ta‧lai‧a

Atalaia f

1. a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower:
   1. A parish of Pinhel, Guarda district, Portugal;
   2. A parish of Lourinhã, Lisboa district, Portugal;
   3. A parish of Gavião, Portalegre district, Portugal;
   4. A parish of Vila Nova da Barquinha, Santarém district, Portugal;
   5. A parish of Montijo, Setúbal district, Portugal.
2. (Brazil) a toponym, indicating a high place:
   1. A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil

• → Translingual: atalaiensis

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