Navia

Meaning

1. A river in Spain. It flows for some 160 km from Galicia to the Bay of Biscay in Asturias. In Roman times it marked the boundary in between Gallaeci and Astures
2. A parish of Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia
3. a habitational surname

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈnaβjɐ]

Etymology

Attested as Navia in Classical Latin (Pliny). From a Celtic or pre-Celtic substrate language, ultimately a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”), *(s)neh₂- (“to swim”), perhaps meaning "navigable" (cf. Proto-Indo-Iranian *naHwiyás).
Cognate, among others, with the rivers Nahe ( < Nava) in Germany and Noe ( < Navio) in England.

Sentences

O seu nome podería ter relación co da deusa galaica dos ríos Navia .

Its name may be related to that of the Gaulish goddess of the Navia rivers.