freguesía

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (feegresia, fiigresia), from fregués (“parishioner”) +‎ -ía.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fɾɛɣeˈsiɐ]

Noun

freguesía f (plural freguesías)

  1. parish
    Synonym: parroquia

References
  • “freigresja” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “fiigresia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “freguesia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “freguesía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Noun

freguesía f (plural freguesías)

  1. parish (in Galicia)
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