Etymology

Huelva

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Today it means: A province in the southwest of Andalusia, Spain. Capital: Huelva. Full definition →

Latin Onuba ← Phoenician 𐤏𐤍𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤋 ← Arabic وَلْبَة
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromوَلْبَة
  2. Phoenician · derived from𐤏𐤍𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤋“Baal's fortress”
  3. Latin · derived fromOnuba
  4. English todayHuelva

Borrowed from Spanish, from Latin Onuba or Onoba, from Phoenician 𐤏𐤍𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ʿnʿ bʿl, “Baal's fortress”), through Arabic وَلْبَة (walba).

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