Alva

American  

[al-vuh, ahl-vah] / ˈæl və, ˈɑl vɑ /

noun

1. Duke of. Duke of Alba.

2. a first name.

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Alva British  

/ ˈalβa, ˈælvə /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Alva director Bernard Donoghue OBE said: "Visitor attractions are the places that people prize most and provide the experiences that people, even in a cost-of-living crisis, are most loathe to give up."

From BBC

Alva said the total number of visits to its 409 sites was 165 million last year, a 2% increase on the previous year, but below the 170 million visits in 2019, before the Covid pandemic.

From BBC

Pupils at Alva Academy in Clackmannanshire have recently undergone the training.

From BBC

Alva is one of the favorites to win the vote.

From Barron's

Alva Energy, which recently had a $33 million fundraising round, said it could add 10 gigawatts to the U.S. grid by boosting output at existing nuclear plants.

From The Wall Street Journal