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Sevilla   /sɛvˈɪlə/   Listen
Sevilla

noun
1.
A city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain.  Synonym: Seville.






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"Sevilla" Quotes from Famous Books



... where Lieutenant Tejeiro enumerates the strength of the various companies, it will be seen that they averaged over 110 men apiece; this probably does not include officers, and is probably an under-statement anyhow. On page 261 he makes the Spanish loss at Las Guasimas, which he calls Sevilla, 9 killed and 27 wounded. Very possibly he includes only the Spanish regulars; two of the Spaniards we slew, over on the left, were in brown, instead of the light blue of the regulars, and ...
— Rough Riders • Theodore Roosevelt

... la Rosa y Lopez, pp. XXIII, XLIII-XLIV of vol. II, Sevilla, 1891, 4to: Biblioteca Colombina.—Catalogo de sus libros impresos publicado por primera vez en virtud de acuerdo del Excmo. e Ilmo. Sr. Dean y Cabildo de la Santa Metropolitana y Patriarcal Iglesia de Sevilla bajo la immediata direccion ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa



Words linked to "Sevilla" :   Seville, Espana, port, Kingdom of Spain, Spain, urban center, city, metropolis



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