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Guadiana

river that rises in La Mancha and marks the border with Portugalrío que nace en La Mancha y marca la frontera con Portugal

Comes from Arabic

وَادِي آنَة

wādī āna

“the river Ana (the Romans' Anas)”«el río Ana (el Anas de los romanos)»

Arabic today says

نَهْر آنَة

nahr āna

Root

و د ي

w-d-y

The article

It came in without the article.

Arabic itself had taken it from Latin.

The story

A hybrid name: the Arabs put wādī in front of the river's Latin name, Anas. In other words, "river Ana": one Arabic word and one Latin.Nombre híbrido: los árabes antepusieron wādī al nombre latino del río, Anas. Es decir, «río Ana»: una palabra árabe y otra latina.

In a sentence

El Guadiana desemboca en el Atlántico.

The Guadiana flows into the Atlantic.

يَصُبّ وَادِي آنَة في المُحِيط الأَطْلَسِيّ.

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