The story
- Arabic · derived fromالمرية
- Spanish · borrowed fromAlmería
- English todayAlmería
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Almería, from Arabic المرية (al-Mariyya), from مَرَايَا (marāyā, “mirrors”) in reference to the settlement's initial role in the 9th century as a watchtower for Bajjana, now Pechina.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.