See also: águia and Águia

Galician

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Aguia ("eagle")

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese aguia, from Latin aquila.

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Noun

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aguia f (plural aguias)

  1. eagle
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 142:
      Et o conde foy logo ferir enos mouros muy de rigeo, assy com̃o a aguia famienta ena caça quando sse quer çeuar
      And the count stroke into the Moors very harshly, as the hungry eagle do to his prey when he wants to eat

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aguia f (plural aguias)

  1. Obsolete spelling of águia.