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abelá.

hazelnut

5 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/abeˈla/[a.β̞eˈla]

  1. hazelnut

    feminine

  2. hazel (a greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut)

    countable · feminine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Oscan *𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌞 (*abellú)bor. Latin Abella Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin abellana Old Galician-Portuguese avelãa Galician abelá 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.

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