Elvira

New Latin, from French Elvire, after the female subject of "A Elvire" by Alphonse de Lamartine. First attested in 1866.

Elvira f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae - subfamily

• (genus): Elvira chionura (white-tailed emerald), Elvira cupreiceps (coppery-headed emerald)

• Elvira (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Elvira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Elvira on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

A medieval Spanish royal name, of probably Gothic origin, and debated meaning, possibly 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan) + *𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹 (*wērei), thus "joyful sincerity". It became famous outside Spain after its appearance in Mozart's Don Giovanni (1787).

The place name Elvira is a contraction of the older Illiberi, new city.

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Elvira (countable and uncountable, plural Elviras)

1. A female given name from Spanish, in quiet use since the 19th century.
2. Former name of Granada: a city in Spain; an ancient name for the city.

• Averil, Levari, vailer

Elvira

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elvira

Elvira f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Elvira: Elviruson
• daughter of Elvira: Elvirudóttir

Elvira f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elvira

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Elvira

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elvira

Borrowed from Spanish Elvira.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlvira/, /ˈ-fi-/

Elvira

1. a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Elvira

   Elvira Devinamira Wirayanti, b. 1993

• Hyphenation: El‧vi‧ra

Elvira f (plural Elviras)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elvira

• IPA^(key): /elˈbiɾa/ [elˈβ̞i.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -iɾa
• Syllabification: El‧vi‧ra

Elvira f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Elvira

From Italian and Spanish Elvira. First recorded in Sweden in 1808.

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Elvira c (genitive Elviras)

1. a female given name

• Elvy