aldeia
aldeia noun: in colonial Brazil, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population, similar to the Spanish reducción.
Noun
aldeia (plural aldeias)
- In colonial Brazil, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population, similar to the Spanish reducción
- It is little wonder that the settlers envied the wealth of the Jesuit aldeias, and resented what they saw as the Jesuits’ obstruction of their efforts to procure an adequate supply of labour for their own plantations.1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 171
Forms of aldeia
| plural | aldeias |
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Origin of aldeia
Borrowed from Portuguese aldeia. Doublet of aldea
Questions about aldeia
- What does aldeia mean?
- Aldeia means in colonial Brazil, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population, similar to the Spanish reducción.
- What part of speech is aldeia?
- Aldeia is a noun.
- What is the plural of aldeia?
- The plural of aldeia is aldeias.
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