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Avara

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See also: avara

Latin

Etymology

Possibly an old hydronym from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (water, rain, flow), found in cognates such as Sanskrit वार् (vār, water, pond), Latin urina, Lithuanian virti (to seethe, boil, flow), Old Norse vari (water). One of the river's tributaries, Auron, could be a suffixed form of this root *aver-on-.

Proper noun

Avāra f sg (genitive Avārae); first declension

  1. The river Yèvre in France

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

More information singular, nominative ...

References

  • Avaricum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Falileyev (2007)
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