Guadiana

English

Etymology

From Spanish Guadiana, from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwɑːdɪˈɑːnə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwɑdiˈɑnə/, /ɡwɑdˈjɑnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Guadiana (countable and uncountable, plural Guadianas)

1. A major river in Spain and Portugal.
2. A surname from Spanish.

Related terms

• Guadalquivir

Translations

river in Spain and Portugal

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓜迪亞納河／瓜迪亚纳河 (Guādíyànà Hé)

• Esperanto: Gvadiano
• Finnish: Guadiana
• French: Guadiana (fr) m
• German: Guadiana (de) m
• Greek: Γουαδιάνα m (Gouadiána), Γκουαδιάνα m (Gkouadiána)
• Italian: Guadiana m or f
• Japanese: グアディアナ川 (Guadiana kawa)
• Korean: 과디아나 강 (Gwadiana gang)
• Latin: Anās m
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} Gvadjana f
• Marathi: ग्वाद्याना (gvādyānā)
• Polish: Gwadiana (pl) f
• Portuguese: Guadiana m, Odiana m (archaic)
• Russian: Гвадиа́на f (Gvadiána)
• Spanish: Guadiana m

  Old Spanish: Aguadiana m

• Ukrainian: Гвадіа́на f (Hvadiána), Ґвадіа́на f (Gvadiána)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Guadiana is the 28215^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 848 individuals. Guadiana is most common among Hispanic/Latino (96.23%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Guadiana”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 94.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guadiana, from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈdja.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: Gua‧dià‧na

Proper noun

Guadiana m or f

1. Guadiana (a river in Spain and Portugal)

Related terms

• Guadalquivir

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Aguadiana, possibly from Old Spanish Aguadiana, from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river). Displaced the doublet Odiana.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡwa.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ɡwa.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡwaˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡwa.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ɡwa.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡwaˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡwa.d͡ʒiˈɐ.na/ [ɡwa.d͡ʒɪˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /ɡwaˈd͡ʒjɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡwɐˈdjɐ.nɐ/ [ɡwɐˈðjɐ.nɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡwɐˈdjɐ.nɐ/ [ɡwɐˈðjɐ.nɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡwɐˈdja.nɐ/ [ɡwɐˈðja.nɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: Gua‧di‧a‧na

Proper noun

Guadiana m

1. Guadiana (a river in Portugal and Spain)

   Synonym: (archaic) Odiana

Related terms

• Guadalquivir

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈdjana/ [ɡwaˈð̞ja.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Gua‧dia‧na

Proper noun

Guadiana m

1. Guadiana (a river in Spain and Portugal)

Derived terms

• guadianés
• guadianesco

 

Related terms

• Guadalquivir