igreja
Portuguese
igreja
Etymology
From Old Portuguese ygreja, from Latin ecclēsia (“church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”). Cognate with Galician igrexa, Catalan església, French église, Italian chiesa Occitan glèisa and Spanish iglesia.
Pronunciation
Descendants
- Angolar: ngeedha
- Annobonese: guesa
- → Bengali: গির্জা (girja)
- → Bodo (India): गिरजा (girja)
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: igreja, grisia
- → Gujarati: ગિરજા (girjā)
- → Hindi: गिरजा (girjā)
- Indo-Portuguese: greja
- → Javanese: greja
- → Kaingang: igreja
- Kabuverdianu: igreja, grexa
- Kinyarwanda: gereza
- Macanese: greza
- Kristang: greza
- → Malay: gereja
- Indonesian: gereja
- Principense: gêêza
- Sãotomense: glêza
- → Swahili: gereza (“prison”)
- → Tetum: igreja
- → Urdu: گرجا (girjā)
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