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aldeia

The English word “aldeia” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. In colonial Brazil, a settlement created to assimilate and convert the indigenous population, similar to the Spanish reducción

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese aldeia. Doublet of aldea

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