fajã
Portuguese
editEtymology
editUnknown. See also Spanish fajana.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɐ̃
- Hyphenation: fa‧jã
Noun
editfajã f (plural fajãs)
- (geology, Azores, Madeira) flat surface near the sea, created from collapsing cliffs or lava flows
- 2004, Elisa Cabral de Oliveira, Azores, Alhena Media, →ISBN:
- Esta é uma das várias fajãs existentes em S. Jorge, ilha que é característica por este fenómeno geológico. Uma fajã corresponde a um terreno plano...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
edit- fajã on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
- “fajã”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
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