Arva

See also: arva, árva, and ärva

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.u̯a/, [ˈäru̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.va/, [ˈärvä]

Proper noun

Arva f sg (genitive Arvae); first declension

1. An ancient city in Hispania Baetica

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Arva
Genitive	Arvae
Dative	Arvae
Accusative	Arvam
Ablative	Arvā
Vocative	Arva
Locative	Arvae

Derived terms

• Arvensis

References

• Arva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Arva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Arva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Árva, from árva (“orphan”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Arva f

1. A village in Valea Călugărească, Prahova, Romania
2. A village in Broșteni, Vrancea, Romania