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freguesia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clientele noun The customers or clients of a business, especially considered as a group with shared habits or tastes.
  • commune noun A small community, often rural, whose members share property, work, and living costs.
  • parish noun A local church community and the district it serves.
  • suburb noun A residential area on the edge of a city, with its own local shops and services.
  • trade verb To buy and sell goods, services, or securities.
  • ward noun A section of a hospital where patients with similar needs are cared for.

Senses

freguesia is used for these senses in English:

  • clientele The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.
  • commune A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
  • parish A civil subdivision of a British county, often corresponding to an earlier ecclesiastical parish.
  • suburb (AU, Ireland, NZ, UK) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.
  • trade (uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
  • ward An administrative division of a borough, city or council.

commune — full definition

  1. noun A small community, often rural, whose members share property, work, and living costs.
  2. verb To feel a close, often quiet, connection with something, especially nature or one's own thoughts.

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