Arva

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.u̯a/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.va/,

Arva f sg (genitive Arvae); first declension

1. An ancient city in Hispania Baetica

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Arvensis

• Arva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Arva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Arva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Borrowed from Hungarian Árva, from árva (“orphan”).

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Arva f

1. A village in Valea Călugărească, Prahova, Romania
2. A village in Broșteni, Vrancea, Romania