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Ishbiliya

Ishbiliya proper noun: seville.

Proper noun

Ishbiliya

  1. (historical) Seville
    • 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, […]1884, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, page 43
    • […] and the Moorish king of “Ishbiliya” (Seville), […]1885, The Calcutta Review, page 372

Forms of Ishbiliya

alternative formIshbiliyah

Origin of Ishbiliya

From Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya).

Questions about Ishbiliya

What does Ishbiliya mean?
Ishbiliya means seville.
What part of speech is Ishbiliya?
Ishbiliya is a proper noun.

Words near Ishbiliya in the dictionary

  1. Ishani
  2. ishans
  3. Ishaq
  4. ishas
  5. Ishbel
  6. Ishbiliya
  7. Ishbiliyah
  8. Ishee
  9. iSheep
  10. Ishees
  11. Ishekiri

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