The Guadalupe or Guadalupejo river ( es, Río Guadalupe) is a right hand tributary of the

Guadiana The Guadiana River (, also , , ), or Odiana, is an international river defining a long stretch of the Portugal-Spain border, separating Extremadura and Andalusia (Spain) from Alentejo and Algarve (Portugal). The river's basin extends from the ...

, in

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. The Francization of the toponym gave its name to the Guadeloupe island in the Caribbeans.

Course

The Guadalupe has its sources in the Sierra de Villuercas near Guadalupe, giving its name to the town, and by extension to the monastery of

Santa María de Guadalupe The Royal Monastery of Saint Mary of Guadalupe ( es, Real Monasterio de Santa María de Guadalupe) is a Roman Catholic monastic establishment built during the 14th century located in Guadalupe, in Extremadura, Spain. It is located at the foot of ...

. It flows southwards into the

at the Garcia de Sola Dam, barely 1.5 km east of

Valdecaballeros Valdecaballeros is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2006 census ( INE), the municipality has a population of 1264 inhabitants. The Guadalupe River has its mouth in the Guadiana The Guadi ...

. There is an abandoned nuclear power plant, the Valdecaballeros Nuclear Power Plant, as well as a small dam near its mouth.

Etymology

The name is believed to be derived from the

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

phrase ar, وادي اللب, wādī al-lubb, hidden river, label=none, because the river narrows down as it flows near to the town of Guadalupe. An alternative etymological explanation, which is commonly found on the internet, states that the name may have derived from the Arabic word for 'valley' or 'river' (''wadi'') and the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

word ''lupus'', meaning 'wolf'.

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Rivers of Spain Rivers of Extremadura Our Lady of Guadalupe Tributaries of the Guadiana River {{Spain-river-stub

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