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Seville

//səˈvɪl// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.
  2. 2
    A province of Andalusia, Spain.
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Volusia County, Florida.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Wilcox County, Georgia.
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; A township in Gratiot County, Michigan.
  2. 7
    A place in the United States:; A village in Medina County, Ohio.
  3. 8
    A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
  4. 9
    A surname.

Etymology

From Spanish Sevilla (possibly through a Middle French form), from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “plain, valley”). Compare Hebrew שפלה (shfela, “lowland”), Arabic سافل (safil, “lowly”).

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