Anas

la-proper noun

Anās m sg (genitive Anae); first declension

Anās (canonical masculine singular)
Anae (genitive)
Anās (nominative singular)
Anae (genitive singular)
Anae (dative singular)
Anān (accusative singular)
Anam (accusative singular)
Anā (ablative singular)
Anā (singular vocative)
Ana (alternative)

a river in Spain and Portugal; modern Guadiana


Deva

A hydronym, attested in Medieval Latin as Deva. From Paleo-Hispanic, from Proto-Celtic *deiwā (“goddess”), from Proto-Celtic *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Cognate of English Dee.

a river in Ourense, Galicia, flowing some 20 km to the river Minho at Arbo

a river in Pontevedra, Galicia, flowing some 20 km to the river Minho at Pontedeva


Tag

Tag (nominative singular)
Tagu (genitive singular)
Tagowi (dative singular)
Tag (accusative singular)
Tagiem (instrumental singular)
Tagu (locative singular)
Tagu (singular vocative)


Ebro

A river in Spain that flows into the Mediterranean.


Ebro

de-proper noun

Ebro m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ebros or Ebro)


Aragon

A river in the autonomous communities of Aragon and Navarre, Spain; in full, Aragon River.


Βαῖτις

grc-proper noun

Βαῖτῐς • (Baîtĭs) m (genitive Βαίτῐος); third declension

Βαῖτῐς (canonical)
Baîtĭs (romanization)
Βαίτῐος (genitive)
ὁ Βαῖτῐς (nominative singular)
τοῦ Βαίτῐος (genitive singular)
τῷ Βαίτῑ (dative singular)
τὸν Βαῖτῐν (accusative singular)
Βαῖτῐ (singular vocative)

Greek: Βαίτις (Vaítis)

Latin: Baetis

According to Villar, from an Old European Hydronym *bai-t-, also found in the place name Biturgia.

Baetis, Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)


Tejo

From Old Galician-Portuguese Tejo, from Latin Tagus. The change from /ɡ/ to /ʒ/ was an influence of Arabic /d͡ʒ/, while the change from /a/ to /e/ corresponded to a process of imala, absent in Spanish.
Cognate with Galician Texo, Mirandese Teijo, Asturian Texu, Spanish Tajo, Aragonese Tacho and Catalan Tajo.

O Tejo é mais bello que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia

1914, Alberto Caeiro, O Tejo é mais belo que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia:

The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village


Tagus

A major river in Spain and Portugal, the longest in Iberia.


Ulla

Attested as Ulla in Classical Latin (Pomponius Mela) and as Ulia during the Middle Ages. From a substrate language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *u̥lHyeh₂, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

der

a village in Maceda parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia

a village in Berres parish, A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia


Argos

A river in Murcia, Spain; flowing from Caravaca de la Cruz into the Segura at Calasparra.


Sella

A river in Asturias, starting in the Picos de Europa and flowing into the Bay of Biscay.


Sella

Sella (a river in Asturias, starting in the Picos de Europa and flowing into the Bay of Biscay)


Guadalquivir

/ˌɡwɑːdəlkɪˈvɪə/

Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).

وَادِي الكَبِير

From here, you would dangle your legs over the edge of the River Guadalquivir, the bank unprotected, one able to take a dip if one so wished.

2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 69:


Guadalquivir

وَادِي الكَبِير

Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)


Guadalquivir

From Arabic الوَادِي الكَبِير (al-wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).

الوَادِي الكَبِير


Minho

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Minho, from Latin Minius. Cognate with Galician Miño.


Douro

Borrowed from Portuguese Douro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Doiro, from Latin Durius, possibly from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).


Douro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Doiro, from Latin Dūrius (compare Spanish Duero), probably of Celtic origin, possibly from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).

Douro (a river in northern Portugal and Spain)


Alberche

A river in central Spain, that flows into the Tagus.


Guadiana

en-proper noun

Guadiana (countable and uncountable, plural Guadianas)

/ˌɡwɑːdɪˈɑːnə/

/ˌɡwɑdiˈɑnə/

From Spanish Guadiana, from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).


Guadiana

Borrowed from Spanish Guadiana, from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).

Guadiana (a major river in Spain and Portugal)


Guadiana

[ɡwa.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

[ɡwa.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

[ɡwɐˈðjɐ.nɐ]

[ɡwɐˈðjɐ.nɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese Aguadiana, possibly from Old Spanish Aguadiana, from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river). Displaced the doublet Odiana.


Guadiana

Inherited from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).


Odiana

[o.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

[o.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

Analyzed as Odi-, from Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “river”), + Latin Anas. Doublet of Guadiana.

(archaic) former name of the Guadiana: a major river in Spain and Portugal


Llobregat

[ʎu.βɾəˈɣat]

Inherited from Latin Rubricātus (“reddish”).


Eo

A river in northern Spain, whose estuary marks part of the border between Galicia and Asturias


Eo

Attested as Euue during the Middle Ages. As most Galician river names, from a substrate language. Doublet of Ove, a riverside parish.

a river in Galicia, Spain. Its estuary marks part of the border between Galicia and Asturias


Mera

Unknown. From a substrate language. Compare also Spanish Miera and Italian Mera.
It is registered also as the ancient name of a number of other rivers and rivulets throughout Galicia.

a river in Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia


Tader

la-proper noun

Tader m sg (genitive Taderis); third declension

Taderis (genitive)
Tader (nominative singular)
Taderis (genitive singular)
Taderī (dative singular)
Taderem (accusative singular)
Tadere (ablative singular)
Tader (singular vocative)


Singulis

Singulis m sg (genitive Singulis); third declension

Singulis (genitive)
Singulis (nominative singular)
Singulis (genitive singular)
Singulī (dative singular)
Singulem (accusative singular)
Singule (ablative singular)
Singulis (singular vocative)
Singilis (alternative)


Durius

Dūrius m sg (genitive Dūriī or Dūrī); second declension

Dūrius (canonical masculine singular)
Dūriī (genitive)
Dūrī (genitive)
Dūrius (nominative singular)
Dūriī (genitive singular)
Dūrī (genitive singular)
Dūriō (dative singular)
Dūrium (accusative singular)
Dūriō (ablative singular)
Dūrī (singular vocative)

desctree

Old Galician-Portuguese: Doiro, Doyro
Portuguese: Douro

Spanish: Duero

Latinized Celtic name, from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).


Sicoris

la-proper noun

Sicoris f sg (genitive Sicoris); third declension

Sicoris (genitive)
Sicoris (nominative singular)
Sicoris (genitive singular)
Sicorī (dative singular)
Sicorem (accusative singular)
Sicore (ablative singular)
Sicoris (singular vocative)

Catalan: Segre

Occitan: Segre

→ French: Sègre

Hispania Tarraconensis
Hispania Tarraconensis#Latin

a tributary of the Iberus, Hispania Tarraconensis, in present-day Spain; modern Segre


Bellera

a river in Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Catalonia


Ripoll

Likely from Latin rīvus pōpulōrum (“river of poplars”).

der

Vallès Occidental
Vallès Occidental#English


Ter

A river in the Catalonia autonomous region, Spain.


Segre

Inherited from Latin Sicoris, of uncertain Proto-Celtic origin.

a tributary of the Ebro in France and Spain


Sar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Sar, from Medieval Latin Saris, from Sars, from Paleo-Hispanic; a root noun from the Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”).


Tambre

A hydronym, from an older Tamar, attested in Medieval Latin as Tamare and Tamara, attested in Classical Latin as Tamaris, and in Ancient Greek as Ταμάρα (Tamára). From a substrate language, probably from Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hrós, from *temH- (“dark”); or alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tamo- (compare Welsh tawdd (“melts”)) or Proto-Celtic *tā-, *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”), or from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥h₁-ró-, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”). See also English Thames, Tamar and German Zembs.

a river in Galicia, Spain. It flows some 125 km to the Atlantic Ocean near Noia


Navia

Attested as Navia in Classical Latin (Pliny). From a Celtic or pre-Celtic substrate language, ultimately a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”), *(s)neh₂- (“to swim”), perhaps meaning "navigable" (cf. Proto-Indo-Iranian *naHwiyás).
Cognate, among others, with the rivers Nahe ( < Nava) in Germany and Noe ( < Navio) in England.

a river in Spain. It flows for some 160 km from Galicia to the Bay of Biscay in Asturias. In Roman times it marked the boundary in between Gallaeci and Astures


Camba

From a local Celtic substrate language: from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to curve”). Compare German Chamb, a river in Germany and Czechia.

der

a river in Ourense, Galicia, which flows for some 56 km before draining into the Bibei, a subaffluent of the Minho river


Tamaris

la-proper noun

Tamaris f sg (genitive Tamaris); third declension

Tamaris (genitive)
Tamaris (nominative singular)
Tamaris (genitive singular)
Tamarī (dative singular)
Tamarem (accusative singular)
Tamare (ablative singular)
Tamaris (singular vocative)
Tamara (alternative)

Galician: Tambre

From Celtic, either from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥H-ró-, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”); or from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥h₁-ró-, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”). From the same root of Thames and Tamarus.

Hispania Tarraconensis
Hispania Tarraconensis

A river of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, now the Tambre


Arteixo

Attested as Artasio in 942; from Paleo-Hispanic, perhaps from Celtic.


Nantón

From Proto-Celtic *nanto- (“stream, valley”); attested since the ninth century, as toponym and as hydronym.


Almofrei

From Late Latin Ermefredi, genitive of the personal name Ermefredus, from a Suevic or Gothic personal name, from Proto-Germanic *Ermunafriþuz, from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz (“strong; whole”) and *friþuz (“peace”).

der

a river in Pontevedra, Galicia; formerly river Bora


Júcar

Júcar (a river in Spain). It flows through the provinces of Cuenca, Albacete and Valencia


Asma

From a substrate language, from a hydronym *Apsma, from Proto-Celtic *apsa (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).

Santa Cristina de Asma
Santa Cristina de Asma#English

Santa Cristina de Asma (a parish of Carballedo, Lugo, Galicia)

San Fiz de Asma (a parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia)

San Salvador de Asma
San Salvador de Asma#English

San Salvador de Asma (a parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia)

San Xurxo de Asma
San Xurxo de Asma#English

San Xurxo de Asma (a parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia)

Santa Uxía de Asma
Santa Uxía de Asma#English

Santa Uxía de Asma (a parish of Chantada, Lugo, Galicia)

Nogueira de Asma
Nogueira de Asma#English

Nogueira de Asma (a village in Cicillón parish, Taboada, Lugo, Galicia)


Barbanza

From a substrate language, from a Celtic hydronym *Barvantia, "boiling", from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥u̯n̥ti̯ah₂, from *bʰerw- (“to boil”). Compare Galician fervenza (“cascade, waterfall”), which could be a Romance calque of a pre-Latin noun.

a river in A Coruña, Galicia
a comarca in A Coruña, Galicia

A Pobra do Caramiñal
A Pobra do Caramiñal#English

Ponte Barbanza (a village in Posmarcos parish, A Pobra do Caramiñal, A Coruña, Galicia)


Avia

From a substrate language, from a hydronym *Awya, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₁- (“run”). Compare Welsh awel (“wind”), from Proto-Celtic *awelā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₁eleh₂.

a river in Ourense, Galicia. A tributary to the Minho


Berbia

From a substrate language, probably from Proto-Celtic *berwyā (compare Welsh berw (“to boil”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerwyeh₂, from *bʰerw- (“to boil”). Berbia is also the name of other rivulets in Galicia.

Santo Adrián de Castro
Santo Adrián de Castro#English

a village in Santo Adrián de Castro parish, Zas, A Coruña, Galicia


Chamoso

a river in Lugo, Galicia. A tributary to the Minho

an ancient county comprising most of its basin

San Bartolomeu de Chamoso
San Bartolomeu de Chamoso#English

San Bartolomeu de Chamoso (a parish of O Corgo, Lugo, Galicia)

Santo André de Chamoso
Santo André de Chamoso#English

Santo André de Chamoso (a parish of O Corgo, Lugo, Galicia)

a village in Paradela parish, O Corgo, Lugo, Galicia


Garona

Garona (absolutive indefinite)
Garonak (ergative indefinite)
Garonari (dative indefinite)
Garonaren (genitive indefinite)
Garonarekin (comitative indefinite)
Garonarengatik (causative indefinite)
Garonarentzat (benefactive indefinite)
Garonaz (indefinite instrumental)
Garonan (indefinite inessive)
Garonako (indefinite locative)
Garonara (allative indefinite)
Garonaraino (indefinite terminative)
Garonarantz (directive indefinite)
Garonarako (destinative indefinite)
Garonatik (ablative indefinite)
Garonarik (indefinite partitive)
Garonatzat (indefinite prolative)


Henares

A river in Spain, tributary of the Jarama, in the village of Horna, in the province of Guadalajara.


Manzanares

en-proper noun

Manzanares (countable and uncountable, plural Manzanareses)

Manzanareses (plural)
Manzanarez (alternative)

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

A small river in the Community of Madrid, Spain, a tributary to the Jarama and Tagus, which flows through Madrid.


Serpis

Valencian Community
Valencian Community#English

a river in Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain


Jarama

A river in Spain, passing through Guadalajara and Madrid, which flows into the Tagus at Aranjuez.


Odiel

[o.d͡ʒɪˈɛʊ̯]

Borrowed from Spanish Odiel. Analyzed as Odi-, from Arabic وَادٍ (wādin, “river”), + Latin Urium.

a river in the province of Huelva, Andalusia, Spain


وادي الحجارة

ar-proper noun

وَادِي الْحِجَارَة

وَادِي الْحِجَارَة • (wādī l-ḥijāra) f

وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (canonical)
wādī l-ḥijāra (romanization)
وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (ar-infl-in definite informal singular triptote)
وَادِي الْحِجَارَةِ (ar-infl-in definite nominative singular triptote)
وَادِيَ الْحِجَارَةِ (accusative ar-infl-in definite singular triptote)
وَادِي الْحِجَارَةِ (ar-infl-in definite genitive singular triptote)
ואד אלחגארה (alternative)

→ Spanish: Guadalajara (see there for further descendants)


Tinto

a river in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, which flows into the Huelva estuary.


Flamisell

From Latin flūmicellus, diminutive of flūmen (“river”).

a river in Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Catalonia


Francolí

Perhaps from a personal name, Latin Francolīnus.