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oriá

Portuguese, noun/o.ɾiˈa/

oriá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Oriya, Odia (an Indo-Aryan language spoken in India)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “língua falada principalmente no estado indiano de Orissa”.

What does oriá mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineOriya, Odia (an Indo-Aryan language spoken in India)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. língua falada principalmente no estado indiano de Orissa

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce oriá?

  • Brazil /o.ɾiˈa/
  • Brazil /oˈɾja/
  • Portugal /ɔˈɾja/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is oriá in Portuguese?

oriá appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).