Andalusia
pronunciation
How to pronounce Andalusia in British English:
UK [ˌændə'lu:zjə]
How to pronounce Andalusia in American English:
US [ˌændə'lʊʒə]
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- Noun:
- a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization
Word Origin
- Andalusia
- former name of southern Spain, from Spanish, from Arabic al Andalus, name for the entire peninsula, from Late Latin *Vandalicia "the country of the Vandals," in reference to one of the Germanic tribes that overran the Western Empire 3c.-4c. and for a time settled in southern Spain. See vandal.
Example
- 1. We have elegant decorations with typical andalusia patios .
- 2. His moorish ancestors fled andalusia when spain expelled muslims .
- 3. Turnout dropped a full ten percentage points in both andalusia and asturias .
- 4. Flamenco is performed in many areas of southern spain , including andalusia .
- 5. But all of andalusia 's provincial capitals , including traditionally socialist seville , are now in pp hands .