Guadiana

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”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwɑːdɪˈɑːnə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwɑdiˈɑnə/, /ɡwɑdˈjɑnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Guadiana (countable and uncountable, plural Guadianas)

1. A major river in Spain and Portugal.
2. A surname from Spanish.

• Guadalquivir

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Guadiana is the 28215^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 848 individuals. Guadiana is most common among Hispanic/Latino (96.23%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Guadiana”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 94.

Borrowed 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”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈdja.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: Gua‧dià‧na

Guadiana m or f

1. Guadiana (a river in Spain and Portugal)

• Guadalquivir

From Old Galician-Portuguese Aguadiana, possibly from Old Spanish Aguadiana, from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river). Displaced the doublet Odiana.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: Gua‧di‧a‧na

Guadiana m

1. Guadiana (a river in Portugal and Spain)

   Synonym: (archaic) Odiana

• Guadalquivir

Inherited from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈdjana/ [ɡwaˈð̞ja.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Gua‧dia‧na

Guadiana m

1. Guadiana (a river in Spain and Portugal)