Beja
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
Beja pl (plural only)
- An ethnic group found along the Horn of Africa.
Proper noun edit
Beja
- The language of the Beja ethnic group.
Further reading edit
- Ethnologue entry for Beja, bej
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Proper noun edit
Beja
- A village in Latvia.
Etymology 3 edit
Proper noun edit
Beja
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Beja
- Beja (a city in southern Portugal)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 224 (facsimile):
- Ond auẽo pois aſſẏ— que en Beia u moraua un ome Caſado ben con ſa moll q̇ amaua
- It happened as such, that in Beja lived a man, well-married with his wife whom he loved.
- Ond auẽo pois aſſẏ— que en Beia u moraua un ome Caſado ben con ſa moll q̇ amaua
Descendants edit
- Portuguese: Beja
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Beja, from Arabic بَاجَة (bāja), from Visigothic Paca, from Pācem (Jūliam) (the ancient Roman town).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Beja f
Usage notes edit
Beja is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.