niva

== Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech niva, from Proto-Slavic *ňiva. The cheese was named in reference to the similarity between its appearance and a meadow. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɲɪva] === Noun === niva f a type of blue cheese, a Czech equivalent of Roquefort floodplain (archaic) meadow Synonym: louka ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “niva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “niva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “niva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sami; compare Northern Sami njavvi (“small rapid, small river”), from Proto-Samic *ńëvē. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈniʋɑ/, [ˈniʋɑ̝] Rhymes: -iʋɑ Syllabification(key): ni‧va Hyphenation(key): ni‧va === Noun === niva (dialectal, North Ostrobothnia, Lapland, Westrobothnia, Kainuu) A small rapid in a river. ==== Declension ==== ==== Holonyms ==== joki ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “niva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === inva-, ivan, vain, vian