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eira.

threshing floor (a yard, usually paved, used as a clean and even surface for threshing cereals)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈejɾa/[ˈej.ɾɐ]
  1. threshing floor (a yard, usually paved, used as a clean and even surface for threshing cereals)

    feminine
  2. yard

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese eira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ārea (“threshing floor, open space”). Cognate with Portuguese eira, Spanish and Catalan era, Occitan ièra, French aire, Italian aia and Romanian arie. Doublet of área, borrowed from the same Latin word.

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