Guadalquivir
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɡwɑːdəlkɪˈvɪə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɡwɑdəlkiˈvɪɹ/, /ˌɡwɑdəlˈkwɪvɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -ɪvə(ɹ)
Proper noun edit
Guadalquivir
- 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.
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Translations edit
river in southern Spain
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Guadalquivir m
- Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Gua‧dal‧qui‧vir
Proper noun edit
Guadalquivir m
- Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)
- Synonym: (historical) Bétis
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic الوَادِي الكَبِير (al-wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Guadalquivir m
- Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)