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contado

English

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Etymology

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From Italian contado.

Noun

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contado (plural contados or contadi)

  1. (historical) The land controlled by a medieval Italian city-state lying outside the city itself; the hinterland; the countryside under the control of a city.
    • 2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 65:
      Milan was the most aggressive and successful of the mainland states. It was also one of the richest, its prosperity extended into its contado by canals and irrigation […] .
    • 2014, Ole Jørgen Benedictow, The Complete History of the Black Death, page 704:
      The population of the contado at the time may be tentatively estimated on the basis of Giovanni Villani's information that, in 1338, it contained 80,000 men fit to bear arms, more than three times the number in Florence city (25,000).

Galician

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Participle

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contado (feminine contada, masculine plural contados, feminine plural contadas)

  1. past participle of contar

Italian

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Etymology

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From Occitan comtat, from Latin comitātus. Doublet of contea.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /konˈta.do/
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Hyphenation: con‧tà‧do

Noun

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contado m (plural contadi)

  1. (historical) county (territory of a count)
    Synonym: contea
  2. (historical, Middle Ages) territory under the jurisdiction of a comune
  3. the countryside surrounding a city; the inhabitants of such countryside

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • contado in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: con‧ta‧do

Participle

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contado (feminine contada, masculine plural contados, feminine plural contadas)

  1. past participle of contar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /konˈtado/ [kõn̪ˈt̪a.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: con‧ta‧do

Adjective

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contado (feminine contada, masculine plural contados, feminine plural contadas)

  1. counted
  2. few

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Participle

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contado (feminine contada, masculine plural contados, feminine plural contadas)

  1. past participle of contar

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