Does anybody know the meaning of Arvide? (I'm not sure if it's a variation of something else and can only find it in "Guy and Dolls" as the grandfather's name (already know it from this) or as a last name)

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Arvida (from ARthur VIning DAvis, one of the founders of Alcan) was founded as an industrial city by Alcan in 1927, when the first aluminum smelter was constructed. Located approximately 200 kilometers (125 miles north) of Quebec City, south of the Saguenay River between Chicoutimi and Jonquière, the town was planned from the first day and was developed as a company town, to get a population of about 14,000 inhabitants, 4 Catholic parishes, and many other denomination parishes, and schools. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvida Arvad wandering, (Ezek. 27:8), a small island and city on the coast of Syria, mentioned as furnishing mariners and soldiers for Tyre. The inhabitants were called Arvadites. The name is written Aruada or Arada in the Tell-el-Amarna tablets. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Arvad&r=66 Arvad: wandering ) (Ezekiel 27:8,11) The island of Ruad, which lies off Tortosa (Tartus ), two or three miles from the Phoenician coast. In agreement with this is the mention of "the Arvadite, in (Genesis 10:18) and 1Chr 1:16 as a son of Canaan, with Zidon, Hamath an other northern localities. http://www.biblestudytools.net/Dictionaries/SmithsBibleDictionary/smt.cgi?number=T429

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