[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.161 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.161 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.161 - **Language:** English ### [c10.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.161) \*\*ALDEA\*\*, s. A village; also a villa. Port. from the Ar. \*al-da'a\*, 'a farm or villa.' Bluteau explains it as 'Povoção menor que lugar.' Lane gives among other and varied meanings of the Ar. word: 'An estate consisting of land or of land and a house, . . . land yielding a revenue.' The word forms part of the name of many towns and villages in Spain and Portugal. - [Previous: c10.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.160) - [Next: c10.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.162) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.161) · Pramāṇa