guadalquivir

/ˌɡwɑdəlkiˈvɪɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

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"From here, you would dangle your legs over the edge of the River Guadalquivir, the bank unprotected, one able to take a dip if one so wished."

Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).

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How do you pronounce guadalquivir?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɡwɑdəlkiˈvɪɹ/.

What does guadalquivir mean?

A river in southern Spain.

Where does guadalquivir come from?

It is traced to Spanish.

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