abelá

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See also: abela and Abela

Galician

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Abelás ("hazelnuts")

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese avelãa, from Latin abellana (filbert, hazelnut), from nux abellana ("nut from Avella"), from Abella (Avella, a city in the Campania region of Italy). Cognate with Portuguese avelã and Spanish avellana.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abeˈla/ [a.β̞eˈla]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧be‧lá

Noun

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abelá f (plural abelás)

  1. hazelnut
  2. (countable and uncountable) hazel (a greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut)
    abelá:  
    • 1321, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 119:
      duas cruses vnna blanca et vnna auelaa
      two crosses, one white and one hazel
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