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Andalus

Andalus is the alternative form of al-Andalus.

Meaning of al-Andalus

Proper noun

al-Andalus

  1. (historical) The Muslim-ruled region in present-day Spain and Portugal (from 711–1492 C.E.).

Origin of Andalus

From Arabic الْأَنْدَلُس (al-ʔandalus).

Questions about Andalus

What is Andalus the alternative form of?
Andalus is the alternative form of al-Andalus.

Words near Andalus in the dictionary

  1. Andalon
  2. Andalons
  3. Andals
  4. Andalucia
  5. Andalucía
  6. Andalus
  7. Andalusi
  8. Andalusi Arabic
  9. Andalusia
  10. Andalusian
  11. Andalusian Arabic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Andalus (page history and authors); al-Andalus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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