Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ishbiliya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ish-biliya
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: إِشْبِيلِيَة

Inflected Forms

Ishbiliyah (alternative)

Questions

What does ishbiliya mean?: Seville
Where does ishbiliya come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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