praia.
beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)
Meaning & usage
beach (shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly)
O Brasil é conhecido pelas suas praias arenosas.
one's object or area of interest or fondness
Matemática não é minha praia.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese praia, from Medieval Latin plagia, possibly from Latin plaga + Ancient Greek πλάγια (plágia). Doublet of plaga. Cognate with Galician praia, Sicilian praja, Spanish playa, Catalan platja, Occitan plaja, French plage and Italian spiaggia.
Try it on your idea.
praia has 5 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.