Elvas

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Elvas, from Old Galician-Portuguese Elvas.

Proper noun

Elvas

A city and municipality of Portalegre district, Alentejo region, Portugal.

Anagrams

avels, evals, selva, Laves, Veals, 'alves, slave, Slavé, Alves, Selva, salve, Levas, laves, vales, veals, valse, Slave

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛlβas/

Proper noun

Elvas

Elvas (a city and municipality in modern district of Portalegre, Alentejo, Portugal)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 213 (facsimile):
  
  Un om en Eluaſ moraua que don Tomé nom auia
  A man, who had the name don Tomé, lived in Elvas

Descendants

Portuguese: Elvas

Further reading

Universo Cantigas - "Elvas"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Elvas.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.vɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.vɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.vas/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.vɐʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.bɐʃ/

Hyphenation: El‧vas
Audio (Portugal): (file)

Proper noun

Elvas

Elvas (a city and municipality of the district of Portalegre, Alentejo, Portugal)

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