cova
Meaning
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- (feminine) hole, hollow, cavity
- (feminine) cavern
- (feminine) grave
Frequency
Hyphenated as
co‧va
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɔ.vɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cova, from Vulgar Latin *cova, from covus, alternative form of Latin cavus (or from a variant of Late Latin cava, from cavum, cavus), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Compare Spanish cueva.
New
covo
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pot (trap used for fishing crabs and lobsters)
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