Avus

== German == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Avus f acronym of Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße, a major road in Berlin == Latin == === Etymology === Of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.vus] === Proper noun === Avus m sg (genitive Avī); second declension a river in Portugal; modern Ave ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Portuguese: Ave === References === “Gallaecia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly