Nava

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Naba

Etymology

From Spanish, Catalan and Asturian-Leonese surname, from several placenames derived from nava (“plain, treeless plateau”), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably Basque naba (“plain, valley”). See Navarra.

Proper noun

Nava (plural Navas)

1. A town in central Asturias, in northern Spain
2. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nava”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 653.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Vana

Italian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Nava m or f by sense

1. a surname

Anagrams

• avan-, vana

Latin

Etymology

Said to be of Celtic origin and meaning "wild river."

View of the river

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.u̯a/, [ˈnäːu̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.va/, [ˈnäːvä]

Proper noun

Nāva m sg (genitive Nāvae); first declension

1. The river Nahe, in Germany

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nāva
genitive	Nāvae
dative	Nāvae
accusative	Nāvam
ablative	Nāvā
vocative	Nāva

References

• “Nava”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nava in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Nava”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly