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oliva.

olive (fruit)

5 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun[oˈli.βɐ]Traditional[ɔˈli.βɐ]Modern
  1. olive (fruit)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese oliva, from Latin olīva. The preservation of intervocalic /l/ is irregular, so it was perhaps borrowed from Mozarabic. Modern pronunciation is adapted from Spanish, since olive and olive oil is not produced in most of Galicia.

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