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Elvira is a place name and a female given name. It is of Spanish origin, originally believed to be of Arabic origin, meaning "the white". Other theories is that it is of Germanic or West Gothic origin and that the name means "alert" or "trustworthy".
Elvira may refer to:
Places
Elvira, Buenos Aires, a settlement and a district of Lobos Partido, Argentina
Elvira, an ancient city in Spain, now called Granada
Synod of Elvira, an ecclesiastical synod held in the early 4th century AD.
People:
Elvira Alfonso, wife of Roger II, King of Sicily 1130-1154.
Elvira Arellano, Mexican illegal immigrant to the USA and cause célèbre
Elvira of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VI of Castile
Elvira de Hidalgo, Spanish singing teacher, mentor of Maria Callas
Elvira Kurt, Canadian comedian
Elvira Madigan, Danish ropedancer and trick rider
Elvira Mendes, Queen of León (1008-1022)
Elvira Nikolaisen, Norwegian singer-songwriter
Elvira Notari, Italian filmmaker
Elvira Ozolina, Latvian javelin champion
Elvira Ivana Puspitasari, Indonesian singer
Elvira Dewi Octavia, Indonesian people
Fictional characters:
Cassandra Peterson portrays a character named "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark"
Elvira Coot, grandmother of Donald Duck
Elvira, the title character of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit
Elvira, heroine of the opera I puritani
Elvira, heroine of the opera Ernani
Elvira, character in the opera Don Giovanni
Elvira Hancock, the cocaine addicted wife of drug dealer Frank Lopez and later Tony Montana in the movie Scarface
Elvira may also refer to:
277 Elvira, a minor planet
Elvira (genus), a genus of emerald hummingbirds
Elvira (song), a 1970 song by Kenny Rogers, covered in 1981 by the Oak Ridge Boys
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, a 1988 film directed by James Signorelli
Elvira Mistress of the Dark and Elvira II: The Jaws of the Ceberus, are role-playing adventure games released in 1990/91 by Accolade
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