Thx Cheri for the clarification. Judy On Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 10:20:17 AM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: > > The words vary from the Azores to the continent. > > In the Azores, a suburb or neighborhood is usually referred to as a > "lugar" in the documents. > > Freguesia is a civil parish, not a church parish. Let's not go there and > confuse people, because most North Americans (who are Catholic) think of > their parish as the church that they attend. So just call a freguesia a > freguesia. It's what used in the documents. They don't say aldeia in the > Azores. I haven't seen it in a document, but I've seen it in the online > language class (continental Portuguese). Cheri > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 10:14 AM, Judy Thompson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> We all refer to places like Lajes on Pico in concelho of Lajes as a >> freguesia but what do we call places like Ribeira do Meio or Rua Nova which >> are like suburbs or neighborhoods in Lajes or for Ribeira Seca in Calheta >> on Sao Jorge, what do we call Portal or Entre Grutoes? Can't find my >> English/Portuguese dictionary so looked on google translate and found the >> following possibilities: >> >> suburb = suburbio >> village = aldeia >> town or city = cidade >> neighborhood = bairro >> >> Also did not realize that freguesia is actually parish. >> >> Hoping Portuguese speakers will have an answer. >> >> Thx for any clarification. >> >> Judy Thompson >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > >
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