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noun, feminine

anjova

/anˈxoba/

noun, feminine/anˈxoba/plural: anjovas

bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Borrowed from Catalan anxova (“anchovy”), in turn from Spanish anchova, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē, “small fry”). Doublet of anchoa and anchova.