Spanish, An⋅da⋅lu⋅cí⋅a /ˌɑndɑluˈθiɑ,-ˈsiɑ/Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahn-dah-loo-thee-ah,-see-ah]Show IPA.a region in S Spain, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. 33,712 sq. mi. (87,314 sq. km).
former name of southern Spain, from Sp., from Arabic Al Andalus, name for the entire peninsula, from L.L. *Vandalicia "the country of the Vandals," in ref. to one of the Germanic tribes that overran the Western Empire.
[an-dl-oo-zhuh, -shee-uh] 
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