raval

See also: Raval

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الرَبَض (ar-rabáḍ), from Arabic رَبَض (rabaḍ, “outskirts”). Cognate to Spanish arrabal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈβal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈval]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [raˈval]

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Noun

raval m (plural ravals)

1. suburb

Further reading

• “raval”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “raval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “raval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arraval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.