Elvis

English

Elvis Presley

Proper noun

Elvis

1. A male given name, possibly derived from the surname Elwes.
2. Elvis Presley (1935-1977), a popular American rock-and-roll singer.

Derived terms

• 50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong
• Elvis country
• Elvisdom
• Elvisesque
• Elvis has left the building
• Elvis sandwich
• Elvis syndrome
• Elvisy

 

Translations

a male given name

• Arabic: إِلْفِيس m (ʾilfis)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃爾維斯／埃尔维斯, 埃尔维斯 (Āi'ěrwéisī)

• Japanese: エルヴィス (Eruvisu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 엘비스 (Elbiseu)
• Portuguese: Elvis m
• Russian: Э́лвис (ru) m (Élvis)

Noun

Elvis (plural Elvises)

1. An impersonator of Elvis Presley.

Translations

impersonator of Elvis Presley

• Portuguese: Elvis m
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Further reading

• Elvis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Levi's, Levis, Lévis, Viels, evils, lives, slive, veils, vleis, vlies

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Cebuano

Etymology

After Elvis Presley.

Proper noun

Elvis

1. Elvis Presley
2. a male given name from English

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded in 1965. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English Elvis. By folk etymology it can be interpreted as a masculine form of Elva or a variant of Alvis.

Proper noun

Elvis m

1. a male given name.

Related terms

• Elvijs
• Elviss

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Elvis was the only given name of 1091 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Elvis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.vis/

Proper noun

Elvis m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elvis