"Sava" meaning in English

See Sava in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Sava. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sh|Sava}} Serbo-Croatian Sava Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sava
  1. A river in southern Europe, a right side tributary of the Danube at Belgrade. Categories (place): Rivers in Europe Translations (river): ሳቫ (sava) (Amharic), Սավա (Sava) (Armenian), Сава (Sava) [feminine] (Belarusian), Сава (Sava) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Сава (Sava) [feminine] (Carpathian Rusyn), 薩瓦河 /萨瓦河 (Sàwǎ hé) (Chinese Mandarin), Sáva [feminine] (Czech), Sava (Danish), Save [feminine] (French), სავა (sava) (Georgian), Save [feminine] (German), Σάβος (Sávos) (Greek), Σάβα (Sáva) (Greek), סאווה (Hebrew), Száva (Hungarian), サヴァ (alt: Savu~a) (Japanese), Сава (Sava) (Kazakh), 사바 강 (english: saba gang) (Korean), Savus [masculine] (Latin), Сава (Sava) [feminine] (Macedonian), साव्हा (sāvhā) (Marathi), Сава (Sava) (Mongolian), Sawa [feminine] (Polish), Sava [masculine] (Portuguese), Са́ва (Sáva) [feminine] (Russian), Sáva [feminine] (Slovak), Sava [feminine] (Slovene), சாவா (cāvā) (Tamil), Са́ва (Sáva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Sawa [feminine] (Upper Sorbian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Savas [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Σάββας (Sábbas), a spiritual name taken on by Prince Rastko Nemanjić (Saint Sava) upon becoming a monk, from Aramaic סבא (“grandfather, old man”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Σάββας}} Ancient Greek Σάββας (Sábbas), {{der|en|arc|סבא|t=grandfather, old man}} Aramaic סבא (“grandfather, old man”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Savas}} Sava (plural Savas)
  1. A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Сава (Sava) Categories (topical): English renderings of Ukrainian male given names
    Sense id: en-Sava-en-name-lNwA6dWk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sava"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cāvā",
      "sense": "river",
      "word": "சாவா"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Sáva",
      "sense": "river",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Са́ва"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Sava"
  ],
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}

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    "English terms derived from Aramaic",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
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        "3": "Σάββας"
      },
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    },
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        "3": "סבא",
        "t": "grandfather, old man"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Σάββας (Sábbas), a spiritual name taken on by Prince Rastko Nemanjić (Saint Sava) upon becoming a monk, from Aramaic סבא (“grandfather, old man”)",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "Savas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "English renderings of Ukrainian male given names",
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        "English terms derived from Ukrainian"
      ],
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        "A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Сава (Sava)"
      ],
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        ]
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    }
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}

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