Odivelas

Portuguese

Etymology

Analyzed as Odi-, from Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “river”), + the element "velas" of uncertain origin.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.d͡ʒiˈvɛ.lɐs/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /o.d͡ʒiˈvɛ.lɐʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.d͡ʒiˈvɛ.las/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.diˈvɛ.lɐʃ/ [ɔ.ðiˈvɛ.lɐʃ]

  • Hyphenation: O‧di‧ve‧las
  • Audio (Portugal):(file)

Proper noun

Odivelas ?

  1. a stream in the district of Lisbon, Portugal;
    Synonym: Caneças
    1. a city and municipality of the district of Lisbon, Portugal
  2. a stream and tributary of Sado river, Alentejo, Portugal;
    1. a village and parish of the municipality of Ferreira do Alentejo, district of Beja, Portugal
  • odivelense

References

  1. ^ “Odivelas”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ 'A origem do topónimo Odivelas'in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa
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