Uviéu

Asturian

Alternative forms

• Uvieo (Central Asturias)
• Uviedo (archaic)

Etymology

Originally known as Ovetao, or Ovetum (in Latinized form). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈbjeu/, [uˈβ̞jøu̯]
• Rhymes: -eu
• Hyphenation: U‧viéu

Proper noun

Uviéu m

1. Oviedo (a capital city of Asturias, in northwestern Spain)
   • 1600s?, Benito de la Uxa, Píramo y Tisbe‎^[1]:

     Que valen bien los güevos en Uviedo.

     That the eggs cost a lot in Oviedo

   • 1789, Xosefa Xovellanos, Proclamación de Carlos IV n'Uviedo‎^[2]:

     Non quixe tornar a Uviedo ,

     I did not want to return to Oviedo

Derived terms

• uvieín