Etymology

Andalusia

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Today it means: A historical region and autonomous community in southern Spain, the most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. Capital: Seville. Full definition →

Medieval Latin Andalusia ← Arabic الْأَنْدَلُس
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  1. Arabic · derived fromالْأَنْدَلُس
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromAndalusia
  3. English todayAndalusia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Andalusia, from Arabic الْأَنْدَلُس (al-ʔandalus) + -ia.

Words from the same roots

Arabicالْأَنْدَلُس all →

Al-Andalus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.