lejanía
Spanish, noun/lexaˈnia/
lejanía is spelled L-E-J-A-N-Í-A (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 27,124th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lejanía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “distance, remoteness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condición o carácter de lejano (a gran distancia física, temporal, cronológica o de parentesco)”.
What does lejanía mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedistance, remoteness
- 2
femininefaraway place
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condición o carácter de lejano (a gran distancia física, temporal, cronológica o de parentesco). 2. Área o lugar distante, remoto o lejano. 3. En un paisaje o panorama, lugar más lejano.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lejanía
- lejanías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lejanía?
- /lexaˈnia/
- [le.xaˈni.a]
- [lexaˈnia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lejanía
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lejanía in Spanish?
lejanía appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).