Sevilha

Occitan

Proper noun

Sevilha f

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

Seville (a city in Andalusia, Spain)

Descendants

Galician: Sevilla
Portuguese: Sevilha

Further reading

Universo Cantigas - "Sevilha"

Portuguese

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

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

Rhymes: -iʎɐ
Hyphenation: Se‧vi‧lha

Proper noun

Sevilha

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

Derived terms

sevilhano

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