Ilva

Latin

Etymology

Named after the Ilvates, an Ancient Ligurian tribe.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈil.u̯a/, [ˈɪɫ̪u̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈil.va/, [ˈilvä]

Proper noun

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

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ilva
genitive	Ilvae
dative	Ilvae
accusative	Ilvam
ablative	Ilvā
vocative	Ilva
locative	Ilvae

Synonyms

• Aethalia

Descendants

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

References

• “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

• Ilva on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

Latvian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ilva f

1. a female given name

See also

• Ilvars
• Ilvija

References

• 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.