Alva

Alva

Alva can refer to:

;Places
*Alva, Clackmannanshire, a burgh in Scotland
*Alva, Florida, a town in the United States
*Alva, Oklahoma, a city in the United States
*Alva, Wyoming, a community in the United States
*Halva or "alva", a sweet made of flour
*Alva (river), a river in Portugal
*Alva River, a river in Estonia

;People
*Luigi Alva, Peruvian opera singer
*Tony Alva, pioneering skateboarder and founder of Alva Skates
*Alva, Thomas Edison's middle name

;Other uses
*Alva (1913 automobile)

ee also

*The noble House of Alba (Alva)
**References to the "Duke of Alva" often refer to Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba


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  • Alva — steht für: Alva, einen weiblichen und männlichen Vornamen, siehe Alva (Vorname) Orte: Alva GR, Ort in der Gemeinde San Vittore GR im Kanton Graubünden, Schweiz Alva (Portugal), Stadt in Portugal in den Vereinigten Staaten: Alva (Florida) Alva… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Alva —    ALVA, a parish, in the county of Stirling, 7 miles (N. E. by E.) from Stirling; containing 2216 inhabitants, of whom 2092 are in the village. The name of this place, the orthography of which has successively passed through the different forms… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • Alva — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Alva Freguesia de Portugal …   Wikipedia Español

  • Alva — Alva, FL U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida Population (2000): 2182 Housing Units (2000): 1017 Land area (2000): 17.951932 sq. miles (46.495289 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.843396 sq. miles (2.184385 sq. km) Total area (2000): 18.795328 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Alva, FL — U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida Population (2000): 2182 Housing Units (2000): 1017 Land area (2000): 17.951932 sq. miles (46.495289 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.843396 sq. miles (2.184385 sq. km) Total area (2000): 18.795328 sq. miles (48 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Alva, OK — U.S. city in Oklahoma Population (2000): 5288 Housing Units (2000): 2644 Land area (2000): 2.372792 sq. miles (6.145503 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.372792 sq. miles (6.145503 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Alva —   [ alβa], Luigi, eigentlich Luis Alva, peruanischer Sänger (lyrischer Tenor), * Lima 10. 4. 1927; debütierte 1949 in Lima, tritt seit 1956 an der Mailänder Scala, seit 1963 an der Metropolitan Opera in New York und anderen bedeutenden… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • alva — alvá ( ále), s.f. – Produs alimentar dulce, preparat din seminţe de floarea soarelui şi zahăr. – var. halva. Mr. hălvă, megl. alvă. tc. halva, din arab. halwa (Şeineanu, II, 200; Lokotsch 804). – Der. alviţă, s.f. (produs alimentar fabricat din… …   Dicționar Român

  • Alva — Alva, Stadt in Stirlingshire (Schottland), am Fuß der Ochill Hills, 5 km nördlich von Alloa, hat Wollspinnerei und Wollweberei, eine Maschinenfabrik und (1891) 5225 Einw …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Alva — f Irish: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Almha. This is of uncertain origin; it is earlier found in the form Almu and was borne, according to legend, by a semi divine heroine who gave her name to the fortress and hill of Almu in Leinster …   First names dictionary

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