contrada
See also: Contrada
Catalan
Etymology
Vulgar Latin *contrāta. Compare Italian contrada, French contrée.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /konˈtɾa.də/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kunˈtɾa.də/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /konˈtɾa.da/
Noun
contrada f (plural contrades)
- region, area
- Synonym: comarca
Further reading
- “contrada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “contrada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *contrāta. Compare French contrée.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈtra.da/
- Rhymes: -ada
- Hyphenation: con‧trà‧da
Noun
contrada f (plural contrade)
- street of houses
- (in Siena) a division of the city, approximating a parish or ward, for contention of the Palio
- (poetic) land
Derived terms
- contradale
Further reading
- contrada in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
contrada on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it- contrada di Siena on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Spanish
Noun
contrada f (plural contradas)
- division in the city of Siena
- (archaic) place
- Synonyms: sitio, lugar
Further reading
- “contrada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014