Elvira

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Elvira Given Name
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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 (bird), 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 and Elvira II: The Jaws of the Ceberus, are role-playing adventure games released in 1990/91 by Accolade