Elvira

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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
*Elvira, Iowa, a town in the United States

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
*Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin champion

;Fictional characters
*"Elvira, Mistress of the Dark", character portrayed by Cassandra Peterson in the 1988 film "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark" (film) directed by James Signorelli
** video game based on the Cassandra Peterson character
** Elvira, character in the Claypool Comics comic book "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark", based on the Cassandra Peterson character
*Elvira Coot (Grandma Duck), 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"

Other uses

*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