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devasa.

firebreak, fire line, firetrail (Australia) (An area cleared of all flammable material in the woods to prevent a fire from spreading across it)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/deˈβasa̝/
  1. firebreak, fire line, firetrail (Australia) (An area cleared of all flammable material in the woods to prevent a fire from spreading across it)

    masculine
  2. firewall

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galicia and Old Galician-Portuguese devasso (“desert”), perhaps from a Celtic cognate of Latin devastare (compare Irish fás and fásach, "waste, desert") ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *de + *weh₂st- (“empty, wasted”). Cognate with Portuguese devassa.

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