Andalucía

Galician

Proper noun

Andalucía f

1. Andalusia (an autonomous community of Spain)

Related terms

• andaluz

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Andaluzía (obsolete)

Etymology

From the Arabic الْأَنْدَلُس (al-ʔandalus), الْأَنْدُلُس (al-ʔandulus, “Iberia”), from Vulgar Latin *Vandalicia (“land of the Vandals”), or possibly from Vandalic *Wandalitia (“land of the Vandals”) (or *Vandalitia) of the same Latin source, from Proto-Germanic *wandilaz. Alternatively, Halm (1989) suggests it may derive from (unattested) Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (*landahlauts), from 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land, “land”) + 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (hlauts, “allotment, inheritance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /andaluˈθia/ [ãn̪.d̪a.luˈθi.a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /andaluˈsia/ [ãn̪.d̪a.luˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: An‧da‧lu‧cí‧a

Proper noun

Andalucía f

1. Andalusia (an autonomous community of Spain)

Related terms

• al-Ándalus
• andaluz

 

Further reading

• Andalucía on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es