Seville
a port in SW Spain, on the Guadalquivir River: site of the Alcazar; cathedral.
- Spanish Se·vil·la [se-vee-lyah]. /sɛˈvi lyɑ/.
Other words from Seville
- Se·vil·lian [suh-vil-yuhn], /səˈvɪl yən/, adjective, noun
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How to use Seville in a sentence
The center developed a new heat alert system, which is being tested in Seville, Spain, historically one of the hottest cities in Europe.
How to protect your children during heat waves | Emmarie Huetteman / KHN | August 5, 2022 | Popular-ScienceOn July 24, with temperatures heading toward 42° C, Seville became the first city in the world to officially name a heat wave, sounding the alarm for Heat Wave Zoe.
Humans may not be able to handle as much heat as scientists thought | Carolyn Gramling | July 27, 2022 | Science NewsSeville, a city of 700,000 in southern Spain, is already facing its fourth major heat wave of the summer, part of a record-breaking season of high temperatures across Europe.
Morning would have us docking in Cadiz and we had a private tour planned for over 20 of the people who had booked the trip with Scott Moster, travel agent extraordinaire, taking us to the city of Seville.
Blogging my first overseas vacation since COVID | Peter Rosenstein | October 19, 2021 | Washington BladeFor a brief moment, he wasn’t an ornithologist at the Spanish National Research Council’s Doñana Biological Station in Seville.
How catching birds bare-handed may hint at Neandertals’ hunting tactics | Trishla Ostwal | October 8, 2021 | Science News
The locale was not Perugia, but Seville, in Spain, a country I have lived in and love.
She will lie in state in Seville and will be buried in a private ceremony attended by her husband and children.
The Crime Report's Lisa Riordan Seville on geotagging and stalking.
Lisa Riordan Seville is a freelance writer and contributor to The Crime Report.org.
Especially is this true among the ladies, who prefer "Seville cigarettes" to all others.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The king of Seville for his favorite wife once flooded his palace court with rose water, to satisfy her whim.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisThey are never performed except by gypsies, in their own quarter of Seville, and are now generally gotten up as a show for money.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetThe cigar-girl of Seville is a well-known type, almost as much dreaded by the authorities as admired by her own class.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetListen: when I was young my father had the astrologers of the king of Seville's court cast my horoscope.
God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
British Dictionary definitions for Seville
/ (səˈvɪl) /
a port in SW Spain, on the Guadalquivir River: chief town of S Spain under the Vandals and Visigoths (5th–8th centuries); centre of Spanish colonial trade (16th–17th centuries); tourist centre. Pop: 709 975 (2003 est): Ancient name: Hispalis Spanish name: Sevilla (seˈβiʎa)
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Cultural definitions for Seville
City in southwestern Spain on the Guadalquivir River; a major port and cultural center.
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