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Alva

[ al-vuh; Spanish ahl-vah ]

noun

  1. Duke of. Duke of Alba.
  2. a first name.


Alva

/ ˈalβa; ˈælvə /

noun

  1. 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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