The story
- Latin · derived fromAnās
- Arabic · derived fromوَادِي“river, valley”
- Old Spanish · derived fromAguadiana
- Spanish · borrowed fromGuadiana
- English todayGuadiana
From Spanish Guadiana, from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.