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
- avels, evals, selva, Laves, Veals, 'alves, slave, Slavé, Alves, Selva, salve, Levas, laves, vales, veals, valse, Slave
Old Galician-Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛlβas/
Proper noun
Elvas
- Elvas (a city and municipality in modern district of Portalegre, Alentejo, Portugal)
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 213 (facsimile):
- Un om en Eluaſ moraua que don Tomé nom auia
- A man, who had the name don Tomé, lived in Elvas
- Un om en Eluaſ moraua que don Tomé nom auia
Descendants
- Portuguese: Elvas
Further reading
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