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nava

/nˈɑvə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
na-va
IPA
/nˈɑvə/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A municipality in central Asturias, in northern Spain.

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Spanish, Catalan and Asturian-Leonese surname, from several placenames derived from nava (“plain, treeless plateau”), from Paleo-Hispanic, probably Basque naba (“plain, valley”). See Navarra.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Navas (plural) Naba (alternative)

Rhymes With

java lava cava guava sava srivastava slava fava lacava rubalcava votava

Questions

How do you pronounce nava?
The recorded pronunciation is /nˈɑvə/.
What does nava mean?
A municipality in central Asturias, in northern Spain.
Where does nava come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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