Nava

== English == === Alternative forms === (surname): Naba === Etymology === From Spanish, Catalan and Asturian-Leonese surname, from several placenames derived from nava (“plain, treeless plateau”), from Paleo-Hispanic, probably Basque naba (“plain, valley”). See Navarra. === Proper noun === Nava (plural Navas) A town in central Asturias, in northern Spain. 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 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈna.va/ Rhymes: -ava Hyphenation: Nà‧va === Proper noun === Nava m or f by sense a surname === Anagrams === avan-, vana == Latin == === Etymology === Said to be of Celtic origin and meaning "wild river." === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.wa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.va] === Proper noun === Nāva m sg (genitive Nāvae); first declension The river Nahe, in Germany ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === 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