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Alva
[ al-vuh; Spanish ahl-vah ]
Alva
/ ˈalβa; ˈælvə /
noun
- AlvaFernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva15081582MSpanishMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesman Duke of, title of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo. 1508–82, Spanish general and statesman who suppressed the Protestant revolt in the Netherlands (1567–72) and conquered Portugal (1580)
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