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saloio.

rustic

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/saˈloj.u/Brazil[saˈloɪ̯.u]Brazil/sɐˈloj.u/Portugal
  1. rustic

    comparable
  2. said of a type of bread originally produced in or near Lisbon

    Portugal · comparable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَاوِيّ (salāwiyy), the nisba of سَلَا (salā, “Salé”), a city regarded from al-Andalus as markedly Berber, and thus Barbaric. The original Portuguese sense only referred to the rural region around Lisbon.

noun/saˈloj.u/Brazil[saˈloɪ̯.u]Brazil/sɐˈloj.u/Portugal
  1. peasant; villager

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَاوِيّ (salāwiyy), the nisba of سَلَا (salā, “Salé”), a city regarded from al-Andalus as markedly Berber, and thus Barbaric. The original Portuguese sense only referred to the rural region around Lisbon.

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