Elba

See also: -elba

English

Etymology

From Italian Elba, from Latin Ilva.

Proper noun

Elba

1. An Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, between the Italian coast and Corsica
2. A city, the county seat of Coffee County, Alabama, United States
3. A few townships in the United States, listed under Elba Township.

Derived terms

• Elban

Translations

Italian island

• French: Elbe (fr) f
• German: Elba (de)
• Greek: Έλβα (el) f (Élva)

  Ancient: Αἰθαλία f (Aithalía)

• Italian: Elba f
• Latin: Ilva f
• Marathi: एलबा (elbā)
• Spanish: Elba (es) f

Anagrams

• -able, Abel, Able, Bale, Beal, Blea, Ebla, able, albe, bael, bale, beal, blea

Catalan

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elba

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Elba n (proper noun, genitive Elbas or (optionally with an article) Elba)

1. Elba (island off the west coast of Italy, in the Tuscan Archipelago)

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin Ilva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈel.ba/
• Rhymes: -elba
• Hyphenation: Él‧ba

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elba (an island off the coast of Italy)

Etymology 2

From Old High German Elba, descending from Proto-Germanic *albī (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɛlba
• Hyphenation: Èl‧ba

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elbe (a river in Central Europe)

Anagrams

• Abèl, albe, bela

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Elbe. Doublet of Łaba, an inhered form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɛlba
• Syllabification: El‧ba

Noun

Elba f

1. Synonym of Łaba

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “Łaba”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *albī (“river”).

Proper noun

Elba

1. the river Elbe

Descendants

• Middle High German: Elbe
  • German: Elbe

Polish

Elba

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Elba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ba/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛlba
• Syllabification: El‧ba

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elba (an island in Italy)

Declension

Declension of Elba

	singular
nominative	Elba
genitive	Elby
dative	Elbie
accusative	Elbę
instrumental	Elbą
locative	Elbie
vocative	Elbo

Further reading

• Elba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Elba in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.bɐ/ [ˈɛʊ̯.bɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.bɐ/ [ˈɛʊ̯.bɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.ba/ [ˈɛʊ̯.ba]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.bɐ/ [ˈɛɫ.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: El‧ba

Proper noun

Elba m

1. Elbe (a river in Central Europe)

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elba (an island off the coast of Italy)
2. a female given name

Romanian

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elbe (a river in Central Europe)
2. Elba (an island off the coast of Italy)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	Elbă	Elba
genitive-dative	Elbe	Elbei
vocative	Elbă, Elbo

Spanish

Proper noun

Elba m

1. Elbe (river)

Proper noun

Elba f

1. Elba (island)