Álava

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See also: alava and Alava

English

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Álava

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Álava.

Pronunciation

(US) enPR: äʹ-lə-və, IPA^(key): /ˈɑləvə/

Proper noun

Álava

A province of the Basque Country, Spain.

Translations

province

Basque: Araba
Catalan: Àlaba
Chinese: 阿拉瓦 (zh) (Ālāwǎ)
Mandarin: 阿拉瓦 (zh) (Ālāwǎ)
Galician: Áraba (gl) f
Japanese: アラバ (Araba)
Marathi: आलाबा (ālābā)
Portuguese: Álava (pt) f
Spanish: Álava (es)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la.va/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lɐ.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lɐ.bɐ/

Proper noun

Álava

Álava (a province of the Basque Country, Spain)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Alava (compare Basque Araba). Further etymology is uncertain. Possibilities include:

Related to a Roman mansion in ab Asturica Burdigalam, from Latin Alba. This name is possibly related to Albéniz (a hamlet in Álava).
From the Andalusian Arabic prefix ال (al-, “the”) + Basque laua (“plain, flat”). More at Álava.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈalaba/
Rhymes: -alaba
Syllabification: Á‧la‧va

Proper noun

Álava f

Álava (a province of the Basque Country, Spain; capital: Vitoria)

Derived terms

alavés

Further reading

Álava on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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