Onuba

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Onoba

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤏𐤍𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ʿnʿ bʿl, Baal's fortress).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Onuba f sg (genitive Onubae); first declension

  1. An ancient town of the Turdetani, in Hispania Baetica, corresponding to present-day Huelva.

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Onuba
genitive Onubae
dative Onubae
accusative Onubam
ablative Onubā
vocative Onuba
locative Onubae

Derived terms

  • onubēnsis

Descendants

  • Spanish: Huelva

References

  • Onuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Onoba Aestuaria”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly