Sava

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Serbo-Croatian Sava. ==== Proper noun ==== the Sava A river in southern Europe, a right side tributary of the Danube at Belgrade. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Ancient Greek Σάββας (Sábbas), a spiritual name taken on by Prince Rastko Nemanjić (Saint Sava) upon becoming a monk, from Aramaic סבא (“grandfather, old man”) ==== Proper noun ==== Sava (plural Savas) A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Сава (Sava) === Anagrams === AVAS, AAVs, AVAs, vasa == Danish == === Proper noun === Sava Sava (river) == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin Savus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsa.va/ Rhymes: -ava Hyphenation: Sà‧va === Proper noun === Sava f the river Sava == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Sava m Sava (a river in southern Europe) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Сава (Sava), from Ancient Greek Σάββας (Sábbas). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Sava f a village in Pălatca, Cluj County, Romania a surname == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology 1 === Of pre-Slavic origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to press, push (forth); to water”) + *-eh₂, thus meaning something like “that which pushes forth, which waters”. The name in Greek was Σάουος (Sáouos), according to Pokorny, of Illyrian origin (*Souos). See also Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“sap, juice”), Latin sugo (“to suck”), Ancient Greek ὕω (húō, “to rain”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /sǎːʋa/ Hyphenation: Sa‧va ==== Proper noun ==== Sáva f (Cyrillic spelling Са́ва) Sava (river) ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === From Ancient Greek Σάββας (Sábbas), a spiritual name taken on by Prince Rastko Nemanjić (Saint Sava) upon becoming a monk, from Aramaic סבא (“grandfather, old man”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /sâːʋa/ Hyphenation: Sa‧va ==== Proper noun ==== Sȃva f (Cyrillic spelling Са̑ва) Saint Sava, first archbishop of the Serbian autocephalous church a male given name (primarily used by people with an Orthodox Christian background) ===== Declension =====