parroquia

See also: parròquia

Galician

parroquias in Galicia

Alternative forms

• paróquia (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “dwelling abroad”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈrɔkja/ [paˈrɔ.kjɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔkja
• Hyphenation: pa‧rro‧quia

Noun

parroquia f (plural parroquias)

1. parish

   Synonym: freguesía

2. a civil subdivision of a Galician concello (“municipality”), often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish

Derived terms

• parroquial

Related terms

• párroco

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “parrochia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parroquia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “parroquia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin parochia, alteration of Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “dwelling abroad”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈrokja/ [paˈro.kja]

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• Rhymes: -okja
• Syllabification: pa‧rro‧quia

Noun

parroquia f (plural parroquias)

1. parish

   Synonym: freguesía (Galicia)

Derived terms

• parroquial

 

Related terms

• párroco

 

Further reading

• “parroquia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28