Cordova

Meanings

proper noun

A municipality and island of the province of Cebu, Philippines, connected by bridge with Mactan.
Alternative form of Córdoba:
1. The capital of the province of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain.
2. A province of Andalusia, Spain, around the city.
A number of places in the United States:
1. A city in Walker County, Alabama.
2. A city in Chugach Census Area, Alaska.
3. A village and township in Rock Island County, Illinois.
4. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Kentucky.
5. A census-designated place in Talbot County, Maryland.
6. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
7. A village in Seward County, Nebraska.
8. A census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
9. An unincorporated community in Richmond County, North Carolina.
10. A small town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
11. A community in Shelby County, Tennessee.
12. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
A surname from Spanish.
But on a November morning in 2007, Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes and about 30 others from Magdalena were making a trek of their own, leaving town in search of opportunities they couldn’t find at home.
2023 November 22, Catherine E. Shoichet, Thomas Lake, “A migrant crossed the border and found a scared, 9-year-old Arizona boy alone in the desert. The encounter changed them both”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2024

Borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.

More words from Spanish

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APA

Cordova. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cordova

MLA

“Cordova.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cordova. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cordova,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cordova.

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