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Nava

Nava proper noun: a municipality in central Asturias, in northern Spain.

Proper noun

Nava (plural Navas)

  1. A municipality in central Asturias, in northern Spain.
  2. A surname.

Forms of Nava

pluralNavas
alternative formNaba

Origin of Nava

From Spanish, Catalan and Asturian-Leonese surname, from several placenames derived from nava (“plain, treeless plateau”), from Paleo-Hispanic, probably Basque naba (“plain, valley”). See Navarra.

Questions about Nava

What does Nava mean?
Nava means a municipality in central Asturias, in northern Spain.
What part of speech is Nava?
Nava is a proper noun.

Words near Nava in the dictionary

  1. nautilus
  2. nautiluses
  3. Nauvoo
  4. nav
  5. nav.
  6. Nava
  7. Nava'i
  8. navafenterol
  9. navagable
  10. Navaho
  11. Navahoes

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