Silves

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English

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Etymology

From Portuguese Silves, from Old Galician-Portuguese Silve, from Latin Cilpe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪlvəs/, /ˈsiːlviːz/

Proper noun

Silves

  1. A city and municipality of Faro District, Portugal.
  2. (historical) A former kingdom in Iberia, one of the Iberian taifas.

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Silve, from Latin Cilpe.

Pronunciation

 
 

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Proper noun

Silves

  1. Silves (a city and municipality of Faro District, Portugal)