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convivencia

convivencia proper noun: a period in Spanish history from the Muslim Umayyad conquest of Hispania in the 700s to the expulsion of the Jews in 1492 by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, during which (it is claimed) the Muslims, Christians and Jews lived in relative peace.

Proper noun

the convivencia

  1. (historical) A period in Spanish history from the Muslim Umayyad conquest of Hispania in the 700s to the expulsion of the Jews in 1492 by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, during which (it is claimed) the Muslims, Christians and Jews lived in relative peace.

Questions about convivencia

What does convivencia mean?
Convivencia means a period in Spanish history from the Muslim Umayyad conquest of Hispania in the 700s to the expulsion of the Jews in 1492 by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, during which (it is claimed) the Muslims, Christians and Jews lived in relative peace.
What part of speech is convivencia?
Convivencia is a proper noun.

Words near convivencia in the dictionary

  1. convirensic acid
  2. convival
  3. convive
  4. convived
  5. convivence
  6. convivencia
  7. convives
  8. convivia
  9. convivial
  10. convivialist
  11. convivialists

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