Aluta

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Alutus === Etymology === Probably of Celtic origin, from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *altos (“cliff, height, mountain stream”), similar to Scottish Gaelic allt (“steep-sided stream”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.ɫʊ.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.lu.ta] === Proper noun === Aluta f sg (genitive Alutae); first declension a river in Dacia, now the Olt ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Dacia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly