Alvar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Alvar
From Tamil āl̤vār, derivative of ār̤- “sink, be absorbed (as in contemplation)”
Example Sentences
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Her legacy is found in the narrow, daylight-filled wings and sleek curving balconies of the supremely beautiful 1933 Paimio Sanatorium, designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto in Paimio, Finland.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
Wills beats Lili de Alvar 6-2, 6-4 for the singles title.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2020
Modernist architects from Adolf Loos to Alvar Aalto designed these curative environments as cleansed—physically and symbolically—from disease and pollution.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2020
Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland, was razed by the retreating German army in the second world war, and rebuilt by Finland’s greatest architect, Alvar Aalto.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2018
At length the Almoravides, whom he had several times beaten, marched against him in great force, inflicting a crushing defeat at Cuenca upon the Cid’s army, under his favourite lieutenant, Alvar Fanez.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
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