lonja
Old Occitan
editAdjective
editlonja
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from French longe, feminine form of lonc (“long”), from Latin longus. Doublet of luenga.
Noun
editlonja f (plural lonjas)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Catalan llonja, from French loge. Compare Portuguese loja (“shop”). Doublet of lobby.
Noun
editlonja f (plural lonjas)
- market (especially for fish)
- 2020 April 8, “China intenta sin éxito cerrar los mercados de animales vivos”, in La Vanguardia[1]:
- Desde la epidemia del SARS en el 2003, que se originó en una de estas lonjas de la provincia de Cantón, China ha avanzado en el control y la detección de enfermedades infecciosas.
- Since the 2003 SARS epidemic, which originated in one of these fish markets in Canton province, China has made progress in the control and detection of infectious diseases.
Further reading
edit- “lonja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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