Ishbiliya

I1S1H4B3I1L1I1Y4A1

proper noun

Seville

Scrabble 17

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ishbiliyah

  1. historicalSeville

    […] of Ishbiliya.

    1952, Round and About Spain, page 77
    3 more examples

    From this point, where they would seem to have put their magazines, they made an attack up the Guadalquivir upon Seville, the Ishbiliya of the Arabs, […]

    1884, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, page 43

    […] and the Moorish king of “Ishbiliya” (Seville), […]

    1885, The Calcutta Review, page 372

    […] the Ishbiliya of the High Middle Ages is, finally, one embodiment of the city of Seville, to be viewed alongside the Roman Hispalis or the metropolis which served as a channel for relations with the New World from 1492 on.

    2021, The Legacy of Muslim Spain, page 136

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Arabicإِشْبِيلِيَة
  2. EnglishIshbiliya

From Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya).

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APA

Ishbiliya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ishbiliya

MLA

“Ishbiliya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ishbiliya. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ishbiliya,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ishbiliya.

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