See also: devêsa

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Old Leonese devesa, from Late Latin [terra] dēfēnsa (defended land). Cognate with Galician devesa, Occitan devesa and Spanish dehesa.

Noun

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devesa f (plural deveses)

  1. a vast woodland, usually walled or fenced and shared between the locals, whose trees are not very densely packed, used to gather wood

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin [terra] dēfēnsa (defended land). Cognate with Portuguese, Occitan devesa and Spanish dehesa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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devesa f (plural devesas)

  1. a vast woodland, usually walled or fenced, whose trees are not very densely packed[1]
    • 1447, María C. Sánchez Carrera, editor, El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 328:
      Iten enna Morgan hun pedaso de devesa acerca do camino publico segun que parte per hum marqo que esta ao pee de hun carvallo grande que sou [son] nove carvallos entre grandes et pequenos
      Item, in Morgan a piece of a devesa near the public way as it goes from a boundary stone at the feet of a large oak tree; and those are nine oak trees, large and small
    • 1948, Revista de Guimarães, volumes 58-60, page 303:
      Iba sempre a cabalo, pois tiña que andar máis de catro légoas por fragas, devesas e caborcos.
      He always rode a horse, for he had to travel over four leagues through isolated forests, sparse woods and gullies.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ devesa”. Dicionario da Real Academia Galega.

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Late Latin dēfēnsa. Cognate with Spanish dehesa, Galician devesa, Portuguese devesa.

Noun

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devesa m (plural devesas)

  1. a (often fenced or walled in) parcel of land, usually used as a pasture, or for hunting
  2. a section of uncultivated land

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese devesa, from Late Latin [terra] dēfēnsa (defended land).

Cognate with Galician devesa and Spanish dehesa. Doublet of defesa and defensa.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: de‧ve‧sa

Noun

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devesa f (plural devesas)

  1. enclosure
  2. pasture
  3. grove or plantation of chestnut trees or oaks
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