Sevilha

Occitan

Proper noun

Sevilha f

1. Seville (a city and province of Spain)

Related terms

• sevilhan

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “plain, valley”).

Proper noun

Sevilha

1. Seville (a city in Andalusia, Spain)

Descendants

• Galician: Sevilla
• Portuguese: Sevilha

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "Sevilha"

Portuguese

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Sevilha

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Sevilha, from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “plain, valley”). Compare Galician Sevilla.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈvi.ʎɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈvi.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈvi.ʎa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈvi.ʎɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈvi.ʎɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈbi.ʎɐ/ [sɨˈβi.ʎɐ]

• Rhymes: -iʎɐ
• Hyphenation: Se‧vi‧lha

Proper noun

Sevilha f

1. Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)
2. Seville (a province of Andalusia, Spain)

Derived terms

• sevilhana
• sevilhano