avelã

See also: avela

Portuguese
avelãs

Etymology

From Old Portuguese avelãa, from Latin abellana (“filbert, hazelnut”), from Abella (“Avella, a city in the Campania region of Italy”).

Cognate with Galician abelá, Spanish avellana, Occitan avelana and Romanian alună.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.vɨ.ˈlɐ̃/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ve‧lã
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃

Noun

avelã f (plural avelãs)

  1. hazel (nut)
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