Álava

See also: alava and Alava

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Álava.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: äʹ-lə-və, IPA^(key): /ˈɑləvə/

Proper noun

Álava

1. A province of the Basque Country, Spain.

Translations

province

• Basque: Araba
• Catalan: Àlaba
• Chinese: 阿拉瓦 (zh) (Ālāwǎ)

  Mandarin: 阿拉瓦 (zh) (Ālāwǎ)

• Galician: Áraba (gl) f
• Japanese: アラバ (Araba)
• Portuguese: Álava (pt) f
• Spanish: Álava (es)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lɐ.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lɐ.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lɐ.bɐ/ [ˈa.lɐ.βɐ]

Proper noun

Álava

1. Álava (a province of the Basque Country, Spain)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Alava (compare Basque Araba). Further etymology is uncertain. Possibilities include:

• Related to a Roman mansion in ab Asturica Burdigalam, from Latin Alba. This name is possibly related to Albéniz (a hamlet in Álava).
• From the Andalusian Arabic prefix ال (al-, “the”) + Basque laua (“plain, flat”). More at Álava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalaba/ [ˈa.la.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -alaba
• Syllabification: Á‧la‧va

Proper noun

Álava f

1. Álava (a province of the Basque Country, Spain; capital: Vitoria)

Derived terms

• alavés

 

Further reading

• Álava on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es