Alvar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Alvar
From Tamil āl̤vār, derivative of ār̤- “sink, be absorbed (as in contemplation)”
Example Sentences
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The British designer Ilse Crawford once covered a midcentury Alvar Aalto armchair in reindeer skin.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022
“A normal or above-normal ‘wettish’ year is not enough,” said Alvar Escriva-Bou, a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021
Wills beats Lili de Alvar 6-2, 6-4 for the singles title.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2020
Modernist architects from Adolf Loos to Alvar Aalto designed these curative environments as cleansed—physically and symbolically—from disease and pollution.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2020
Meanwhile Alvar Fañez had journeyed to the Court and had presented the King with the thirty good steeds taken in battle.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis
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