Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).
Proper noun
Guadalquivir
- A river in southern Spain.
2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 69:From here, you would dangle your legs over the edge of the River Guadalquivir, the bank unprotected, one able to take a dip if one so wished.
Translations
river in southern Spain
- Amharic: ጓዳልኪቪር ወንዝ m (gʷadalkivir wänz)
- Arabic: الوَادِي الكَبِير m (al-wādī l-kabīr), النَّهْر الكَبِير m (an-nahr al-kabīr)
- Egyptian Arabic: جوادالكيبير m (Guwādālkībīr)
- Armenian: Գվադալկիվիր (Gvadalkivir)
- Belarusian: Гвадалквіві́р m (Hvadalkvivír)
- Bulgarian: Гуадалкивир m (Guadalkivir)
- Catalan: Guadalquivir m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 瓜達爾基維爾河/瓜达尔基维尔河 (Guādá'ěrjīwéi'ěr Hé)
- Chuvash: Гвадалквивир (Gvadalkvivir)
- Czech: Guadalquivir (cs) m
- Esperanto: Gvadalkiviro
- Finnish: Guadalquivir
- French: Guadalquivir (fr) m
- Georgian: გვადალკვივირი (gvadalḳviviri)
- German: Guadalquivir (de) m
- Greek: Γουαδαλκιβίρ m (Gouadalkivír), Γκουανταλκιβίρ m (Gkouantalkivír)
- Ancient: Βαῖτῐς m (Baîtis)
- Japanese: グアダルキビール川 (グアダルキビールかわ, Guadarukibīru kawa)
- Kazakh: Гвадалквивир (Gvadalkvivir)
- Korean: 과달키비르 강 (Gwadalkibireu gang)
- Kyrgyz: Гвадалквивир (Gvadalkvivir)
- Latin: Baetis m, Betis m
- Lithuanian: Gvadalkivyras m
- Marathi: ग्वादालकिबीर (gvādālkibīr)
- Old Galician-Portuguese: Auguadalquivir m
- Persian: گوادالکیبیر (govâdâlkibir)
- Polish: Gwadalkiwir (pl) m
- Portuguese: Guadalquivir m
- Russian: Гвадалквиви́р m (Gvadalkvivír)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Гвадалкивир m
- Roman: Guadalquivir m
- Spanish: Guadalquivir (es) m
- Thai: แม่น้ำกวาดัลกีบีร์ (mɛ̂ɛ-náam gwaa-dal-gii-biir)
- Ukrainian: Гвадалківі́р m (Hvadalkivír), Ґвадалківі́р m (Gvadalkivír)
- Urdu: وادی الکبیر m (Vādī āl-Kabīr), گوادالکبیر m (Gvādālkibīr)
- Western Panjabi: گواڈلکویر (Gvāḍalkivīr)
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Etymology
From Arabic الوَادِي الكَبِير (al-wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwadalkiˈbiɾ/ [ɡwa.ð̞al.kiˈβ̞iɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: Gua‧dal‧qui‧vir