loja

See also: Loja, löja, lōja, and łoją

Galician

Noun

loja f (plural lojas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of loxa

Further reading

• “loja” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

• lotge, lotga, lotia, loia, lonja

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French loge. First attested in 1332.

Noun

loja f

1. market

Descendants

• Catalan: llotja, llonja
  • → Spanish: lonja
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: lonja
  • Galician: loxa
  • Portuguese: loja
    • → Hunsrik: Loja
    • → Makalero: loja (“shop”)
    • → Tetum: loja
• → Old Spanish: loja

References

• Coromines, Joan (1980–1991) “llotja”, in Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, Barcelona: Curial Edicions Catalanes.
• “llotja”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “llotja” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lógea (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lonja, borrowed from Old Catalan loja, borrowed from Old French loge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ʒɐ/

• Hyphenation: lo‧ja

Noun

loja f (plural lojas)

1. shop, store

   Synonym: bazar

2. basement, cellar
3. (Freemasonry) lodge (local chapter of freemasons)

Derived terms

• alojar
• desamparar a loja
• fechar a loja
• loja de conveniência
• loja-âncora
• lojão
• lojista

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Loja
• → Makalero: loja (“shop”)
• → Tetum: loja

References

• Carlos Rocha (2023 March 14) “A formação e a etimologia de alojamento”, in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa‎ (in Portuguese)
• “loja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “loja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Further reading

• loja on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

loja (Cyrillic spelling лоја)

1. genitive singular of loj

Swedish

Adjective

loja

1. inflection of loj:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Anagrams

• olja

Tetum

Etymology

From Portuguese loja.

Pronunciation

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Noun

loja

1. shop