Ilva

Latin

Etymology

Named after the Ilvates, an Ancient Ligurian tribe.

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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.

Romanian

Etymology

From earlier Ilova, borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Илова (Ilova), from илъ (ilŭ, silt, clay) +‎ -ова (-ova).

Proper noun

Ilva f

  1. a river in Romania, tributary to the Mureș
  2. a river in Romania, tributary to the Someșul Mare