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noun, feminine

aduja

/aˈduxa/

noun, feminine/aˈduxa/plural: adujas

each of the coils of a rope; a fake

Related: adujar

Of uncertain origin. Probably from Genoese Ligurian duggia (compare with Italian duglia (“a coil, a fake”), ultimately from Latin dūpla. First attested in 1842.