Seville

See also: Séville

English

Etymology

From Spanish Sevilla (possibly through a Middle French form), from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “plain, valley”). Compare Hebrew שפלה (shfela, “lowland”), Arabic سافل (safil, “lowly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈvɪl/, but usually /ˈsevəl/, in the late-stressed expression Seville orange.

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪl

Proper noun

Seville

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Wikipedia

1. The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.
2. A province of Andalusia, Spain.
3. A place in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
   2. A census-designated place in Volusia County, Florida.
   3. A census-designated place in Wilcox County, Georgia.
   4. A township in Gratiot County, Michigan.
   5. A village in Medina County, Ohio.
4. A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
5. A surname.

Synonyms

• (1): Hims al-Andalus (historical), Ishbiliyah (historical), Pearl of Andalusia (informal)

Derived terms

• Sevillan/Sevillian/Sevillano
• Seville East
• Seville orange

Translations

city in Andalusia, Spain

Arabic: إِشْبِيلِيَة f (ʔišbīliya), حِمْص الأَنْدَلُس (ḥimṣ al-ʔandalus) (historical) Hijazi Arabic: إشبيلْية f (ʔišbīlya) Armenian: Սեւիլյա (Sewilya) Azerbaijani: Sevilya (az) Basque: Sevilla Bulgarian: Севиля f (Sevilja) Catalan: Sevilla (ca) f Cebuano: Sevilla Chinese: Mandarin: 塞維利亞 / 塞维利亚 (zh) (Sàiwéilìyà) Czech: Sevilla (cs) f Danish: Sevilla Dutch: Sevilla n Esperanto: Sevilo Estonian: Sevilla (et) Farefare: Sevilya Finnish: Sevilla (fi) French: Séville (fr) f Galician: Sevilla (gl) f Georgian: სევილია (sevilia) German: Sevilla (de) n Greek: Σεβίλλη (el) f (Sevílli) Hebrew: סֶבִילְיָה f (Sevília) Hungarian: Sevilla (hu) Irish: Sevilla f Italian: Siviglia f Japanese: セビリア (Sebiria), セビリヤ (Sebiriya), セビリャ (Sebirya), セビージャ (Sebīja) Korean: 세비야 (ko) (Sebiya) Latin: Hispalis f Latvian: Sevilja f Lithuanian: Sevilija f Macedonian: Севи́лја f (Sevílja), Севи́ља f (Sevílja) Marathi: सेव्हिल n (sevhil) Norwegian: Bokmål: Sevilla f Nynorsk: Sevilla f Occitan: Sevilha (oc) f Phoenician: please add this translation if you can Polish: Sewilla (pl) f Portuguese: Sevilha (pt) f Romanian: Sevilla f, Sevilia f Russian: Севи́лья (ru) f (Sevílʹja) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Севиља f Roman: Sevilla (sh) f, Sevilja f Sicilian: Scivigghia f, Scibbilia f; Xibilia f Slovak: Sevilla f Slovene: Sevilja f Spanish: Sevilla (es) f Swedish: Sevilla c Tagalog: Sevilla Thai: เซบิยา (see-bì-yaa) Turkish: Sevilla (tr) Ukrainian: Севі́лья f (Sevílʹja) Urdu: اَشْبِیلِیَہ m (aśbīliyah) Yiddish: סעווילאַ f (sevila)

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