Ishbiliyah
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya).
Proper noun
[edit]Ishbiliyah
- (historical) Seville
- 1908, A. F. Calvert, Southern Spain[1], page 20:
- Under this arrangement Ishbiliyah was assigned to the people of Homs, the ancient Emesa, a Syrian town on the Orontes.
- 1911, Esther Singleton, A Guide to Great Cities for Young Travelers and Others: Western Europe[2], New York, page 192:
- Ishbiliyah was now transformed into Sevilla, a Christian capital.
- 2008, Shamil Jeppie, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, editors, The Meanings of Timbuktu[3], page 278:
- This conferred upon the city the cloak of fame, honour and historical immortality until it was regarded by the Muslims of the region as on a par with other great Islamic centres of learning and knowledge, such as Ishbiliyah (Seville) and Granada.