A province of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Capital: Guadalajara.
A city, the capital of Guadalajara, Spain.
A city, the capital of Jalisco, in central Mexico.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɡwɑːdələˈhɑːɹə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Guadalajara, from Arabic وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (wādī l-ḥijāra, literally “valley of stones”).
The city in Mexico was named after the city in Spain by conquistadores.