raval

See also: Raval

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الرَبَض (ar-rabáḍ), from Arabic رَبَض (rabaḍ, “outskirts”). Cognate to Spanish arrabal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈβal]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈval]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [raˈval]

Noun

raval m (plural ravals)

suburb

Further reading

“raval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“raval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“raval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“arraval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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