Meanings
- The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.
Synonyms: Hims al-Andalus, Ishbiliya, Pearl of Andalusia
- A place in the United States:
- A township in Gratiot County, Michigan.
- A village in Medina County, Ohio.
- A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe capital city of Andalusia, Spain.
Origin
- Phoenician𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄“plain, valley”
- LatinHispalis
- Arabicإِشْبِيلِيَة
- SpanishSevilla
- EnglishSeville
From Spanish Sevilla (possibly through a Middle French form), from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /sefela/, “plain, valley”). Compare Hebrew שפלה (shfela, “lowland”), Arabic سافل (safil, “lowly”). Doublet of Sevilla.
More words from Spanish, Arabic, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة, حِمْص الأَنْدَلُس
- إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya)city in Andalusia, Spain
- حِمْص الأَنْدَلُس (ḥimṣ al-ʔandalus)city in Andalusia, Spain
Basque Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Bulgarian Севиля
- Севиля (Sevilja)city in Andalusia, Spain
Catalan Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Chinese Mandarin 塞維利亞 /塞维利亚
- 塞維利亞 /塞维利亚 (Sàiwéilìyà)city in Andalusia, Spain
Czech Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Danish Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Dutch Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Esperanto Sevilo
- Sevilocity in Andalusia, Spain
Estonian Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Finnish Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
French Séville
- Sévillecity in Andalusia, Spain
German Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Greek Σεβίλλη
- Σεβίλλη (Sevílli)city in Andalusia, Spain
Hebrew סֶבִילְיָה
- סֶבִילְיָה (Sevília)city in Andalusia, Spain
Hungarian Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Irish Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Italian Siviglia
- Sivigliacity in Andalusia, Spain
Japanese セビリア, セビリヤ
- セビリア (Sebiria)city in Andalusia, Spain
- セビリヤ (Sebiriya)city in Andalusia, Spain
- セビリャ (Sebirya)city in Andalusia, Spain
- セビージャ (Sebīja)city in Andalusia, Spain
Korean 세비야
- 세비야 (Sebiya)city in Andalusia, Spain
Latin Hispalis
- Hispaliscity in Andalusia, Spain
Latvian Sevilja
- Seviljacity in Andalusia, Spain
Lithuanian Sevilija
- Sevilijacity in Andalusia, Spain
Norwegian Bokmål Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Polish Sewilla
- Sewillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Portuguese Sevilha
- Sevilhacity in Andalusia, Spain
Romanian Sevilla, Sevilia
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
- Seviliacity in Andalusia, Spain
Russian Севи́лья
- Севи́лья (Sevílʹja)city in Andalusia, Spain
Slovak Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Spanish Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Swedish Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Tagalog Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Thai เซบิยา
- เซบิยา (see-bì-yaa)city in Andalusia, Spain
Turkish Sevilla
- Sevillacity in Andalusia, Spain
Ukrainian Севі́лья
- Севі́лья (Sevílʹja)city in Andalusia, Spain
Urdu اَشْبِیلِیَہ
- اَشْبِیلِیَہ (aśbīliyah)city in Andalusia, Spain
Yiddish סעווילאַ
- סעווילאַ (sevila)city in Andalusia, Spain
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Seville
Cite this entry
Seville. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seville
“Seville.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seville. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Seville,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seville.
Source: Seville on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.