Ovalle

English

Proper noun

Ovalle

1. A commune and city in Chile.
2. A former department of Chile.

Translations

a city in Chile

• Spanish: Ovalle (es)

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oˈbaʝe/ [oˈβ̞a.ʝe]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oˈbaʝe/ [oˈβ̞a.ʝe]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oˈbaʎe/ [oˈβ̞a.ʎe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oˈbaʃe/ [oˈβ̞a.ʃe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oˈbaʒe/ [oˈβ̞a.ʒe]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝe

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝe
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎe
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃe
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒe

• Syllabification: O‧va‧lle

Proper noun

Ovalle f

1. Ovalle (a commune and city in Ovalle, Chile)
2. (historical) A department of Chile