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Uvalde

/juːˈvældi/

Uvalde proper noun: a valley in Uvalde County, Texas, United States. Also the ellipsis of Uvalde County.

Proper noun

Uvalde

  1. A valley in Uvalde County, Texas, United States.
  2. A city, the county seat of Uvalde County, Texas, United States, named after the valley.
    • And this spring marks the first anniversary of the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were gunned down. Just like with Parkland, the anguish in Uvalde was compounded by fury after claims of officers failing to immediately stop the gunman.2023 February 14, Holly Yan, “5 years after the Parkland school massacre claimed 17 lives, here’s what has changed (and what hasn’t)”, in CNN
    1. The school shooting that took place on May 24th, 2022.

Also used as

Uvalde is also the ellipsis of Uvalde County.

Origin of Uvalde

From Spanish Ugalde, from Basque Ugalde. Named after Juan de Ugalde.

Words formed from Uvalde

Questions about Uvalde

What does Uvalde mean?
Uvalde means a valley in Uvalde County, Texas, United States.
What part of speech is Uvalde?
Uvalde is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Uvalde?
Uvalde is pronounced /juːˈvældi/.

Words near Uvalde in the dictionary

  1. Uva Rara
  2. uva ursi
  3. uvala
  4. uvalas
  5. Uvalda
  6. Uvalde
  7. Uvalde County
  8. uvalha
  9. uvalhas
  10. Uvalle
  11. Uvalles

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