Guadalquivir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɡwɑːdəlkɪˈvɪə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɡwɑdəlkiˈvɪɹ/, /ˌɡwɑdəlˈkwɪvɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -ɪvə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Guadalquivir

  1. A river in southern Spain.
    • 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 69:
      From here, you would dangle your legs over the edge of the River Guadalquivir, the bank unprotected, one able to take a dip if one so wished.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).

Proper noun

Guadalquivir m

  1. Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ʁ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ɾ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ʁ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ɻ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡwɐ.dal.kiˈviɾ/ [ɡwɐ.ðaɫ.kiˈviɾ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡwɐ.dal.kiˈbiɾ/ [ɡwɐ.ðaɫ.kiˈβiɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡwɐ.dal.kiˈvi.ɾi/ [ɡwɐ.ðaɫ.kiˈvi.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: Gua‧dal‧qui‧vir

Proper noun

Guadalquivir m

  1. Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)
    Synonym: (historical) Bétis

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic الوَادِي الكَبِير (al-wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡwadalkiˈbiɾ/ [ɡwa.ð̞al.kiˈβ̞iɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: Gua‧dal‧qui‧vir

Proper noun

Guadalquivir m

  1. Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)

Coordinate terms
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