Where does “Seville” come from?
Seville is the English name for the Spanish city Sevilla, from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة, from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician origins uncertain.
Ancestry of “Seville”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Sevilla | Seville |
| 2 | Arabic | إِشْبِيلِيَة | — |
| 3 | Latin | Hispalis | Seville |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 | — |