Andalucía

Spanish

Etymology

From the Arabic الْأَنْدَلُس‎ (al-ʾandalus), الْأَنْدُلُس‎ (al-ʾandulus, “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
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /andaluˈθia/, [ãn̪d̪aluˈθia]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /andaluˈsia/, [ãn̪d̪aluˈsia]

Proper noun

Andalucía f

  1. Andalusia (an autonomous community of Spain)

Further reading
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