Elvas

See also: elvas

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

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

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, E codex, 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/ [ˈɛʊ̯.vɐs]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.vɐʃ/ [ˈɛʊ̯.vɐʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.vas/ [ˈɛʊ̯.vas]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.vɐʃ/ [ˈɛɫ.vɐʃ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.bɐʃ/ [ˈɛɫ.βɐʃ]

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

Proper noun

Elvas

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

Related terms

elvense

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