Loja

See also: loja, lōja, löja, and łoją

English

Proper noun

Loja

1. A town and associated province of Ecuador

Synonyms

• Ciudad de la Inmaculada Concepción de Loja

Derived terms

• loxensis

Anagrams

• Jola

Hunsrik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old French logebor.

Old Catalan lojabor.

Old Galician-Portuguese lonja

Brazilian Portuguese lojabor.

Hunsrik Loja

Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese loja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloːʃa/
• Rhymes: -oːʃa
• Syllabification: Lo‧ja

Noun

Loja f (plural Lojas)

1. shop (an establishment that sells goods or services to the public)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɔja]

Proper noun

Loja m pers (female equivalent Lojová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Loja (pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural
nominative	Loja	Lojovia
genitive	Loju	Lojov
dative	Lojovi	Lojom
accusative	Loju	Lojov
locative	Lojovi	Lojoch
instrumental	Lojom	Lojami

Further reading

• “Loja”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloxa/ [ˈlo.xa]
• Rhymes: -oxa
• Syllabification: Lo‧ja

Proper noun

Loja ?

1. Loja (a province of Ecuador)
2. Loja (a city in Ecuador)
3. Loja (a city in Spain)

Derived terms

• lojano
• lojeño

Further reading

• “Loja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10