Navia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician Navia.

Proper noun

Navia (plural Navias)

1. A surname from Galician.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Navia is the 28525^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 836 individuals. Navia is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.83%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Navia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 653.

Anagrams

• Avina, Viana, avian

Galician

Río Navia

Río Navia

Etymology

Attested as Navia in Classical Latin (Pliny). From a Celtic or pre-Celtic substrate language, ultimately a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”), *(s)neh₂- (“to swim”), perhaps meaning "navigable" (cf. Proto-Indo-Iranian *naHwiyás).

Cognate, among others, with the rivers Nahe ( < Nava) in Germany and Noe ( < Navio) in England.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnaβjɐ]

Proper noun

Navia

1. A river in Spain. It flows for some 160 km from Galicia to the Bay of Biscay in Asturias. In Roman times it marked the boundary in between Gallaeci and Astures
2. A parish of Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia
3. a habitational surname

Derived terms

• Navia de Suarna

Related terms

• Navea

See also

• Navia on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• “Navia” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Navia” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Proper noun

Navia m

1. Navia (river)