Guadalquivir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwɑːdəlkɪˈvɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwɑdəlkiˈvɪɹ/, /ˌɡwɑdəlˈkwɪvɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -ɪvə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Guadalquivir

1. 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.

Related terms

• Guadalajara, Guadalcanal, Guadalupe, Guadiana

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 (Baîtĭs)

• 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)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡwə.ðəl.kiˈβir]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡwə.ðəl.kiˈvir]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡwa.ðal.kiˈvir]

Proper noun

Guadalquivir m

1. Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ʁ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ʁ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ɾ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ʁ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡwa.daw.kiˈvi(ɻ)/ [ɡwa.daʊ̯.kiˈvi(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡwɐ.dal.kiˈviɾ/ [ɡwɐ.ðaɫ.kiˈviɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡwɐ.dal.kiˈviɾ/ [ɡwɐ.ðaɫ.kiˈviɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡwɐ.dal.kiˈbiɾ/ [ɡwɐ.ðaɫ.kiˈβiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡwɐ.dal.kiˈvi.ɾi/ [ɡwɐ.ðaɫ.kiˈvi.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: Gua‧dal‧qui‧vir

Proper noun

Guadalquivir m

1. Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)

   Synonym: (historical) Bétis

Spanish

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

Proper noun

Guadalquivir m

1. Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)

Coordinate terms

• Bética
• bético

Related terms

• Guadiana