Onuba

Latin

Alternative forms

• Onoba

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.nu.ba/, [ˈɔnʊbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.nu.ba/, [ˈɔːnubä]

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.

Case	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