muralla

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾaʎa/ [muˈɾa.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -aʎa
• Hyphenation: mu‧ra‧lla

Noun

muralla f (plural muralles)

1. wall (defensive rampart built up of earth, stone etc.)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin muralia, from Latin muralis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [muˈɾa.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [muˈɾa.ʎa]

Noun

muralla f (plural muralles)

1. wall (defensive rampart)

Derived terms

• emmurallar

Related terms

• mural
• mur

Further reading

• “muralla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “muralla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “muralla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “muralla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian muraglia,^[1][2] from Late Latin muralia, from Latin muralis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾaʝa/ [muˈɾa.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /muˈɾaʝa/ [muˈɾa.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /muˈɾaʎa/ [muˈɾa.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /muˈɾaʃa/ [muˈɾa.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /muˈɾaʒa/ [muˈɾa.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Rhymes: -aʎa
• Rhymes: -aʃa
• Rhymes: -aʒa

• Syllabification: mu‧ra‧lla

Noun

muralla f (plural murallas)

1. large wall built to protect cities or territories

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pared

   La Gran Muralla China. ― The Great Wall of China.

Derived terms

• amurallar

Related terms

• mural
• muro

References

1. “muralla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
2. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “muralla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

• “muralla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10