Ishbiliyah

English

Etymology

From Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة‎ (ʔišbīliya).

Proper noun

Ishbiliyah

  1. (historical) Seville
    • 1908, A. F. Calvert, Southern Spain‎, page 20:
      Under this arrangement Ishbiliyah was assigned to the people of Homs, the ancient Emesa, a Syrian town on the Orontes.
    • 1911, Esther Singleton, A Guide to Great Cities for Young Travelers and Others: Western Europe‎, New York, page 192:
      Ishbiliyah was now transformed into Sevilla, a Christian capital.
    • 2008, Shamil Jeppie, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, editors, The Meanings of Timbuktu‎, page 278:
      This conferred upon the city the cloak of fame, honour and historical immortality until it was regarded by the Muslims of the region as on a par with other great Islamic centres of learning and knowledge, such as Ishbiliyah (Seville) and Granada.
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