Definitions for sevillesəˈvɪl; sɛˈvi lyɑ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Se•villesəˈvɪl; sɛˈvi lyɑ(n.)

  1. Category: Geography (places)

Se•vil′lian-yən(adj.; n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Sevilla, Seville(noun)

    a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain

Wiktionary

  1. Seville(ProperNoun)

    A city in Andalusia, Spain.

  2. Origin: From the Spanish Sevilla.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Seville

    a celebrated Spanish city and river port on the Guadalquivir, 62 m. NE. of Cadiz; an iron bridge connects it with Triana, a large suburb on the other side of the river; many of the old picturesque Moorish buildings have given place to modern and more commodious structures and broader streets; the great Gothic cathedral (15th century), containing paintings by Murillo, &c., is among the finest in Europe; the Moorish royal palace, the great Roman aqueduct (in use until 1883), the museum, with masterpieces of Murillo, Velasquez, &c., the university, archbishop's palace, Giralda Campanile, and the vast bull-ring, are noteworthy; chief manufactures embrace cigars, machinery, pottery, textiles, &c.; while lead, quicksilver, wines, olive-oil, and fruits are exported; is capital of a province (545).


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