freguesia
parish
noun freh-geh-SEE-ah Rare
Origin: Portuguese/Galician freguesia, from Latin paroecia
Also means
township (Portugal/Galicia)
Usage Note
Freguesia is a Portuguese and Galician word for the smallest administrative division — equivalent to a parish. In Spanish it appears mainly when discussing Galician or Portuguese governance; in Galician it is spelled freguesía. It is not standard Castilian Spanish, where parroquia is the usual rendering.
Examples
"La freguesia tiene su propia iglesia."
Natural Translation
The parish has its own church.
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