Huelva

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province in the southwest of Andalusia, Spain. Capital: Huelva.
  2. A city in Huelva, Spain.

Pronunciation

/ˈ(h)wɛlvɑ/ wĕlʹvä LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Huelva.wav

Word forms

Huelva

Etymology

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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