vives
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vives
1515–25; earlier avives < Middle French < Spanish adibas < Arabic al-dhi’bah literally, the she-wolf
Example Sentences
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“Si vives en el Valle, y realmente en el área metropolitana de Los Ángeles, sabes que hay tantos latinos, negros y de ascendencia asiática”, dijo.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2021
Since no new books are published in France of which the Nazis disapprove, the U.S. is the chief soil on which the French language sur vives as a free medium of expression.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bands, playing national anthems and patriotic airs, French "vives" and Czech "nazdars" rent the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
The visit was a useful introduction for Wilson to the Gaullist most likely to succeed De Gaulle�if Gaullism sur vives its progenitor.
From Time Magazine Archive
The original narrative reads thus:— "Et vont les femmes et filles tête nue, ayant les cheveux gentiment teurchés de petits cordons d'herbes teintes de couleurs vives et luisantes."
From The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Favenc, Ernest
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