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Navia.

a river in Spain. It flows for some 160 km from Galicia to the Bay of Biscay in Asturias. In Roman times it marked the boundary in between Gallaeci and Astures

5 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

name[ˈnaβjɐ]
  1. a river in Spain. It flows for some 160 km from Galicia to the Bay of Biscay in Asturias. In Roman times it marked the boundary in between Gallaeci and Astures

  2. a parish of Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia

  3. a habitational surname

Where this word comes from

Attested as Navia in Classical Latin (Pliny). From a Celtic or pre-Celtic substrate language, ultimately a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”), *(s)neh₂- (“to swim”), perhaps meaning "navigable" (cf. Proto-Indo-Iranian *naHwíyas). Cognate, among others, with the rivers Nahe ( < Nava) in Germany and Noe ( < Navio) in England.

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