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Deva

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See also: deva, devā, devă, and děva

Translingual

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Etymology

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From English Devanagari, from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī).

The "nagari" part was trimmed from "Devanagari", in accordance with the four-letter format in ISO 15924.

Proper noun

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Deva

  1. ISO 15924 for Devanagari script.

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Deva.

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Romanian Deva.

Proper noun

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Deva

  1. A city in Hunedoara, Romania

Translations

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Translations

Galician

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Deva river, Arbo, Pontevedra

Etymology

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A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Deva. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *deiwā (“goddess”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).[1] Cognate of English Dee.[2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Deva m

  1. A river in Ourense, Galicia, flowing some 20 km to the river Minho at Arbo
  2. A river in Pontevedra, Galicia, flowing some 20 km to the river Minho at Pontedeva
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References

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  • “Deva” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  1. ^ Moralejo, Juan José (2009) “Hidronimia prerromana de Gallaecia”, in Kremer, Dieter, editor, Onomástica galega II: onimia e onomástica prerromana e a situación lingüística do noroeste peninsular: actas do segundo coloquio, volume 17, number 3 (18 October 2008), Leipzig: Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, →ISBN, page 63
  2. ^ García Trabazo, José Virgilio (2016) “Prelatin Toponymy of Asturies: a critical review in a historical-comparative perspective”, in Lletres Asturianes‎[1], number 115, retrieved 14 June 2018, pages 51-71

Latin

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Etymology

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From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *deiwā (“goddess”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).[1]

View of the river

Proper noun

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Deva f sg (genitive Devae); first declension

  1. A small river in Hispania Tarraconensis

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Deva
genitive Devae
dative Devae
accusative Devam
ablative Devā
vocative Deva

References

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  1. ^ Moralejo, Juan José (2009) “Hidronimia prerromana de Gallaecia”, in Kremer, Dieter, editor, Onomástica galega II: onimia e onomástica prerromana e a situación lingüística do noroeste peninsular: actas do segundo coloquio, volume 17, number 3 (18 October 2008), Leipzig: Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, →ISBN, page 63
  • “Deva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Romanian

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Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian djeva or Old Church Slavonic дѣва (děva), from Proto-Slavic *děva (“maiden, girl”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdeva/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Deva f

  1. A city in Hunedoara, Romania

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From the common noun déva (“maiden”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Déva f (Cyrillic spelling Де́ва)

  1. (astronomy) Virgo
  2. (Christianity) Virgin Mary; Our Lady
    Synonyms: Déva Màrija, Sveta Màrija

Declension

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