Sevilla

Meaning

1. (feminine) Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)
2. (feminine) Seville (a province of Andalusia, Spain)
3. (feminine) a toponymic surname deriving from the city

Concepts

Seville

Sevilla

Metro Sevilla

Hyphenated as

Se‧vi‧lla

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/seˈbiʝa/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), a deformation of the Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “valley, plain”).

Sentences

Siendo muy pequeño su familia tuvo que emigrar a Sevilla .

When he was very young, his family had to emigrate to Seville.

Se llama así en honor a Écija en la provincia de Sevilla en España .

It is named after Écija in the province of Seville in Spain.