1. Amandava, Amaduvad, Avadavad, Amadavad, Amadavada, Amadavat, Anadavad, and Averduvade, all former names for the Red Avadavat, are corruptions of Ahmadābād (formerly variously transcribed as Amadava, Madavá, Amadabat, Amidavad and Amadarar), a town of Gujerat, India, whence the first examples of this