Translingual

Elvira cupreiceps

Etymology

New Latin, from French Elvire, after the female subject of "A Elvire" by Alphonse de Lamartine [1866]

Proper noun

Elvira f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Animalia - kingdom; Chordata - phylum; Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Apodiformes - order; Trochilidae - family; Trochilinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Elvira chionura (white-tailed emerald), Elvira cupreiceps (coppery-headed emerald)

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

English

Proper noun

Elvira

1. A female given name, in quiet use since the 19th century.
2. An ancient name for the city of Granada.

Translations

Anagrams

• Averil

Danish

Proper noun

Elvira

1. A female given name , cognate to English Elvira.

Faroese

Proper noun

Elvira f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Elvira: Elviruson
• daughter of Elvira: Elvirudóttir

Declension

German

Proper noun

Elvira

1. A female given name , cognate to English Elvira.

Spanish

Proper noun

Elvira f

1. A female given name , equivalent to English Elvira.

Swedish

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elvira. First recorded in Sweden in 1808.

Proper noun

Elvira

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Elvy