anavia

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly via a Vulgar Latin *anabionem.[1] Ultimately related to Basque ahabia (blueberry), Catalan nabiu (bilberry), Aragonese anayón (blueberry), Gascon anajon (blueberry) and Languedocien abajon.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈnabja/ [aˈna.β̞ja]
  • Rhymes: -abja
  • Syllabification: a‧na‧via

Noun[edit]

anavia f (plural anavias)

  1. (botany, dialectal) blueberry
    Synonym: arándano

References[edit]

  1. ^ Agud, Manuel, Tovar, Antonio (1994) “Materiales Para Un Diccionario Etimológico De La Lengua Vasca (I-XXI)”, in Anuario Del Seminario De Filología Vasca «Julio De Urquijo» (in Spanish), volume I, Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa, →DOI, page 262

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