Etymology

Ciudad Real

Today it means: The capital city of the province of the same name, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Full definition →

Spanish Ciudad Real
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromCiudad Real“Royal City, Kingstown”
  2. English todayCiudad Real

From Spanish Ciudad Real (“Royal City, Kingstown”), a common title of major settlements of the Spanish Empire.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.