Alvar

American  

[ahl-vahr] / ˈɑl vɑr /

Or alvar

noun

Hinduism.

1. (in southern India) a holy person of the Vaishnava sect.

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Etymology

Origin of Alvar

From Tamil āl̤vār, derivative of ār̤- “sink, be absorbed (as in contemplation)”

Example Sentences

“The valley can still thrive with less water,” said Alvar Escriva-Bou, a senior fellow at the institute.

From Los Angeles Times

Both the dining hall and academic office building have facades of glass and concrete reminiscent of the work of Le Corbusier, one of Mr. Geddes’s idols alongside Louis Kahn and Alvar Aalto — all modernists who knew how to make spaces inviting.

From New York Times

In 1981 he completed his studio, a cluster of rectangular rooms under semicircular vaults that held clear references to the work of Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto and Antoni Gaudi.

From New York Times

The British designer Ilse Crawford once covered a midcentury Alvar Aalto armchair in reindeer skin.

From New York Times

Down the hill is Ojo Caliente, a fleck of a town with a post office, two cafes and a spa with hot springs used by generations of Pueblo people before being named by 16th-century Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca.

From Washington Post