Marvão

English

Proper noun

Marvão

1. A municipality in Portalegre district, Portugal.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْوَان (marwān), named after Andalusian military leader Ibn Marwan.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈvɐ̃w̃/ [maɦˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈvɐ̃w̃/ [maɦˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾˈvɐ̃w̃/ [maɾˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁˈvɐ̃w̃/ [maʁˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maɻˈvɐ̃w̃/ [maɻˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈvɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈvɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈbɐ̃w̃/ [mɐɾˈβɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: Mar‧vão

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Proper noun

Marvão ?

1. a village and municipality of the district of Portalegre, Portugal

Related terms

• marvanense