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Where does “Ávila” come from?
Ávila (Spanish) comes from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
Ancestry of “Ávila”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
avis
a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
2
English
avifauna
The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
3
Latin
fauna
animals
Words derived from “Ávila”
Avilés
avilesino
Avilés
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