mejana
Occitan
Pronunciation
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Adjective
mejana
- feminine singular of mejan
Spanish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin mediāna (“middle”), but via Aragonese or Catalan (cf. mitjana).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈxana/ [meˈxa.na]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: me‧ja‧na
Noun
mejana f (plural mejanas)
- an islet in a river; an eyot
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “majano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 775
Further reading
- “mejana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014