Huelva

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from Latin Onuba or Onoba, from Phoenician 𐤏𐤍𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ʿnʿ bʿl, “Baal's fortress”), through Arabic وَلْبَة (walba).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)wɛlvɑ/, enPR: (h)wĕlʹvä

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Huelva

1. A province in the southwest of Andalusia, Spain. Capital: Huelva.
2. A city in Huelva, Spain.

Translations

city and province in Andalusia, Spain

• Arabic: وَلْبَة f (walba)
• Aragonese: Uelba f
• Armenian: Ուելվա (Uelva)
• Belarusian: Уэ́льва f (Uélʹva)
• Bulgarian: Уелва f (Uelva)
• Catalan: Huelva f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韋爾瓦 / 韦尔瓦 (zh) (Wéi'ěrwǎ)

• Extremaduran: Güelva f
• Finnish: Huelva
• French: Huelva (fr) f
• Galician: Huelva (gl) f
• Georgian: უელვა (uelva)
• Greek: Ουέλβα (el) f (Ouélva)

  Ancient Greek: Ὄνοβα f (Ónoba)

• Italian: Huelva f
• Japanese: ウエルバ (Ueruba)
• Kazakh: Уэльва (Uélva)
• Korean: 우엘바 (Uelba)
• Latin: Onuba f, Onoba f
• Marathi: ह्वेल्बा (hvelbā)
• Persian: اوئلوا (ove'lvâ)
• Portuguese: Huelva f
• Russian: Уэ́льва (ru) f (Uélʹva)
• Sanskrit: हुएल्वा f (huelvā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Уелва f

  Latin: Huelva f

• Spanish: Huelva (es) f
• Ukrainian: Уе́льва f (Uélʹva)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَلْبَة (walba) from Phoenician 𐤏𐤍𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ʿnʿ bʿl, “Baal's fortress”), from Latin Onuba or Onoba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝elba/ [ˈw̝el.β̞a], /ˈɡwelba/ [ˈɡwel.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -elba
• IPA^(key): (Andalusia) /ˈ(ɡ)weɾba/ [(ɡ)weɾ.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eɾba
• Syllabification: Huel‧va

Proper noun

Huelva f

1. Huelva (a province of Andalusia, Spain)
2. Huelva (a city in Huelva, Spain)

Derived terms

• huelveño

Related terms

• onubense