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Guadiana

/ɡwaˈdjana/

proper noun/ɡwaˈdjana/

Guadiana (a major river in Spain and Portugal)

Related: guadianés, guadianesco

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