Meanings
alternative Ishbiliyah
- historicalSeville
[…] of Ishbiliya.
1952, Round and About Spain, page 773 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
Origin
- Arabicإِشْبِيلِيَة
- EnglishIshbiliya
From Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya).
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Ishbiliya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ishbiliya
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