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Huelva

proper noun

  1. municipality and capital city of the Province of Huelva, Spain
  2. province in Spain
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wɛlvɑ/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish, from Latin Onuba or Onoba, from Phoenician 𐤏𐤍𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ʿnʿ bʿl, “Baal's fortress”), through Arabic وَلْبَة (walba).

  1. A province in the southwest of Andalusia, Spain. Capital: Huelva.
  2. A city in Huelva, Spain.