Elvas

See also: elvas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from 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 Portuguese

Proper noun

Eluaſ

Elvas (a city and municipality in modern Portalegre district, Alentejo region, Portugal)
A Portuguese city in Alentejo.
- 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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old 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]

Audio (Portugal) (file)

Proper noun

Elvas f

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

Related terms

elvense

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