A village or small settlement, particularly used in Portuguese and Brazilian geography to describe rural communities.
From Portuguese aldeia, ultimately from Arabic al-day'ah (village or hamlet), reflecting the historical Arabic influence on Portuguese language during medieval Iberian history.
This word traveled from Arabic traders through the Iberian Peninsula into Portuguese and then to Brazil, carrying with it the cultural memory of medieval trade networks that shaped the modern world.
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