Guadalquivir
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɡwɑːdəlkɪˈvɪə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɡwɑdəlkiˈvɪɹ/, /ˌɡwɑdəlˈkwɪvɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -ɪvə(ɹ)
Proper noun
Guadalquivir
- A river in southern Spain.
- 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 69:
- From here, you would dangle your legs over the edge of the River Guadalquivir, the bank unprotected, one able to take a dip if one so wished.
Related terms
Translations
river in southern Spain
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ɡwə.ðəl.kiˈβir]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ɡwə.ðəl.kiˈvir]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡwa.ðal.kiˈvir]
Proper noun
Guadalquivir m
- Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ʁ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ɾ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ʁ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ɻ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡwɐ.dal.kiˈviɾ/ [ɡwɐ.ðaɫ.kiˈviɾ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡwɐ.dal.kiˈbiɾ/ [ɡwɐ.ðaɫ.kiˈβiɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡwɐ.dal.kiˈvi.ɾi/ [ɡwɐ.ðaɫ.kiˈvi.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: Gua‧dal‧qui‧vir
Proper noun
Guadalquivir m
- Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)
- Synonym: (historical) Bétis
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic الوَادِي الكَبِير (al-wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwadalkiˈbiɾ/ [ɡwa.ð̞al.kiˈβ̞iɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: Gua‧dal‧qui‧vir
Proper noun
Guadalquivir m
- Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)
Coordinate terms
- Bética
- bético