raval

See also: Raval and raväl

Catalan

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (arrabáḍ), from Arabic رَبَض‎ (rabaḍ, “outskirts”). Cognate to Spanish arrabal.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /rəˈval/

(Central) IPA^(key): /rəˈbal/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /raˈval/

Noun

raval m (plural ravals)

suburb

Further reading

“raval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“raval” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
“raval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“arraval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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