Elvira

New Latin, from French Elvire, after the female subject of "A Elvire" by Alphonse de Lamartine. First attested in 1866.

Elvira f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae - subfamily

• (genus): Elvira chionura (white-tailed emerald), Elvira cupreiceps (coppery-headed emerald)

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• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

A medieval Spanish royal name, of probably Gothic origin, and debated meaning. It became famous outside Spain after its appearance in Mozart's Don Giovanni (1787).

Elvira (countable and uncountable, plural Elviras)

1. A female given name from Spanish, in quiet use since the 19th century.
2. Former name of Granada.; A city in Spain; An ancient name for the city.

• Averil, Levari, vailer

Elvira

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elvira

Elvira f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Elvira: Elviruson
• daughter of Elvira: Elvirudóttir

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Elvira

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elvira

Borrowed from Spanish Elvira.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlvira/, /ˈ-fi-/

Elvira

1. a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Elvira

   Elvira Devinamira Wirayanti, b. 1993

• IPA^(key): /elˈbiɾa/ [elˈβ̞i.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: El‧vi‧ra

Elvira f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elvira

From Italian and Spanish Elvira. First recorded in Sweden in 1808.

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Elvira c (genitive Elviras)

1. a female given name

• Elvy