Elba

See also: -elba and Elbą

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Elbasan or French elbasan.

Symbol

Elba

1. (international standards) ISO 15924 script code for Elbasan.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Elba, from Latin Ilva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlbə/

Proper noun

Elba

2. An Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica.
3. A city, the county seat of Coffee County, Alabama, United States.
4. A few townships in the United States, listed under Elba Township.

Derived terms

• Elban

Translations

Italian island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 厄爾巴 / 厄尔巴 (È'ěrbā)

• French: Elbe (fr) f
• German: Elba (de)
• Greek: Έλβα (el) f (Élva)

  Ancient Greek: Αἰθαλία f (Aithalía)

• Italian: Elba f
• Latin: Ilva f
• Marathi: एलबा (elbā)
• Spanish: Elba (es) f

Anagrams

• -able, Abel, Able, Bale, Beal, Blea, Ebla, able, albe, bael, bale, beal, blea

Catalan

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elba (an Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Elba n (proper noun, genitive Elbas or (optionally with an article) Elba)

1. Elba (an Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica)

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin Ilva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ba/, (traditional) /ˈel.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɛlba, (traditional) -elba
• Hyphenation: Èl‧ba, (traditional) Él‧ba

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elba (an Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica)

Etymology 2

From Old High German Elba, descending from Proto-Germanic *albī (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɛlba
• Hyphenation: Èl‧ba

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elbe (a major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea)

Anagrams

• Abèl, albe, bela

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Elbe. Doublet of Łaba, an inhered form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɛlba
• Syllabification: El‧ba

Noun

Elba f

1. synonym of Łaba

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “Łaba”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *albī, from Proto-Germanic *albī (“river, Elbe”), attested in Latin as Albis. Compare Old Norse elfr, Swedish älv.

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elbe (a major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea)

Descendants

• Middle High German: Elbe
  • German: Elbe

Polish

Elba

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Elba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ba/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛlba
• Syllabification: El‧ba

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elba (an Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica)

Declension

Declension of Elba

	singular
nominative	Elba
genitive	Elby
dative	Elbie
accusative	Elbę
instrumental	Elbą
locative	Elbie
vocative	Elbo

Further reading

• Elba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Elba in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.bɐ/ [ˈɛʊ̯.bɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.bɐ/ [ˈɛʊ̯.bɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.ba/ [ˈɛʊ̯.ba]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.bɐ/ [ˈɛɫ.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: El‧ba

Proper noun

Elba m

1. Elbe (a major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea)

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elba (an Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica)
2. a female given name

Romanian

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elbe (a major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea)
2. Elba (an Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	Elbă	Elba
genitive-dative	Elbe	Elbei
vocative	Elbă, Elbo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelba/ [ˈel.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -elba
• Syllabification: El‧ba

Proper noun

Elba m

1. Elbe (a major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea)

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elba (an Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica)