Latin edit

Etymology edit

Named after the Ilvates, an Ancient Ligurian tribe.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Ilva f sg (genitive Ilvae); first declension

  1. Elba (the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, in the Tyrrhenian Sea)
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Declension edit

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ilva
Genitive Ilvae
Dative Ilvae
Accusative Ilvam
Ablative Ilvā
Vocative Ilva
Locative Ilvae

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: Elba
  • French: Elbe
  • Italian: Elba
  • Portuguese: Elba
  • Romanian: Elba
  • Russian: Э́льба (Élʹba)
  • Spanish: Elba

References edit

  • Ilva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ilva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 773/1
  • Ilva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Ilua” on page 830/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Further reading edit

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1943. Unknown etymology, possibly a phonetic coinage.

Proper noun edit

Ilva f

  1. a female given name

See also edit

References edit

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Ilva was the only given name of 969 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.