Sevilha

Occitan

Proper noun

Sevilha f

  1. Seville (a city and province of Spain)
  • 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

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/
 

  • 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
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