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Definition of Andalusia

1. Noun. A region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization.

Definition of Andalusia

1. Proper noun. The most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain, whose capital is Seville. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Andalusia

Literary usage of Andalusia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Lower Andalusia comprises chiefly the valley of the lower Guadalquivir. ... The principal river of Andalusia is th: Guadalquivir, which rises in the east ..."

2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"Andalusia appear in reason a hard task, seeing that Moncey was then at San Clemente, and from that point threatened Valencia, without losing the power of ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Conquest of Andalusia. [1809-10 was now free from the Austrian troubles which had absorbed his attention during the summer of 1809, and was at liberty to ..."

4. The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighborhood: Its Missionary Aspect by Charles Freer Andrews, Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Horace Mather Lippncott, 1877-1967 (1912)
"This is the library wing of Andalusia, for more than a century past the home of a ... Nicholas Biddle married the only daughter of John Craig, and Andalusia ..."

5. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... Joseph prepares to invade Andalusia—Distracted state of affairs in that province—Military position and resources described—Invasion of Andalusia—Passes ..."

6. History of the Dominion of the Arabs in Spain by José Antonio Conde (1854)
"The cause of his coming was an affair of high importance to the state and defence of Andalusia, and this he laid before the king, giving him to understand ..."

7. The Story of the Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole, Arthur Gilman (1903)
"The whole Moslem world seemed given over to the Muses ; Khalifs and boatmen turned verses, and sang of the loveliness of the cities of Andalusia, the murmur ..."

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