andalucía
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.78 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Andalusia: a historical region and autonomous community in southern Spain.
Example Sentences
- "La Coruña is in the north, which is nothing like other parts of the country – Castilla, cosmopolitan Barcelona or the ever sunny Andalucía."
- "Clearly, these are not the sort of dresses that swirl above the furious heel-stomping at a package-tour tablao, or show. They are examples of a new generation of flamenco fashion that is pushing the limits of tradition and causing a stir in the conservative circles of Andalucía."
- "The train crash in the southern region of Andalucía on Sunday was the deadliest in Spain since at least 2013."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *wandōną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.? Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *wandilazbor. Vulgar Latin *Vandaliciabor. ▲ Vulgar Latin *Vandaliciabor. Vandalic *Wandalitiabor.? Arabic الْأَنْدَلُس (al-ʔandalus)bor. Spanish Andalucíabor. English Andalucía Borrowed from Spanish Andalucía.