campãa

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin campāna (“stilyard; bell”), from Latin Campāna, feminine of Campānus (“of Campania”), from Campānia (“a region of Italy in which bronze was produced”), from campus (“open or flat space; plain”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kamˈpã.a/

Noun

campãa f (plural campãas)

bell
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 325 (facsimile):
  
  ⁊ o sac[ri]ſtã tan toſte a gran campãa tangia.
  And the sacristan at once rang the great bell.

Synonyms

sino

Derived terms

qual concello, tal campãa

Descendants

Galician: campá
Portuguese: campa, campã

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