Ishbiliyah

English

Etymology

From Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya).

Proper noun

Ishbiliyah

1. (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.