amploia

Catalan

Etymology

From Ligurian anciôa. Doublet of anxova.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əmˈplɔ.jə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /amˈplɔ.ja/

Noun

amploia f (plural amploies)

European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)
Synonyms: meleta, patoia

Further reading

“amploia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“amploia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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