Save Type River Usage Spanish Pronounced Pron. [ɡwa.ð̞al.ki.ˈβ̞iɾ] [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Arabic الوادي الكبير (al-wādi al-kabīr) meaning "the great river". It is the name of a river in Andalusia, Spain, and the namesake of the Nuevo Guadalquivir in Bolivia.