Guernica

[ gwair-ni-kuh; Spanish ger-nee-kah ]

noun

1. Basque town in northern Spain: bombed and destroyed in 1937 by German planes helping the insurgents in the Spanish Civil War.
2. (italics) a painting (1937) by Pablo Picasso.

Guernica

/ ˈɡɜːnɪkə; ɡɛrˈnika; ɡɜːˈniːkə /

noun

1. a town in N Spain: formerly the seat of a Basque parliament; destroyed in 1937 by German bombers during the Spanish Civil War, an event depicted in one of Picasso's most famous paintings. Pop: 15 454 (2003 est) Basque nameGernika

Example Sentences

There’s a dog from “Guernica” and direct quotations from the notably antiwar German artists Otto Dix and George Grosz.

From New York Times

Guernica, a small but prestigious online literary magazine, was thrown into turmoil in recent days after publishing — and then retracting — a personal essay about coexistence and war in the Middle East by an Israeli writer, leading to multiple resignations by its volunteer staff members, who said that they objected to its publication.

From New York Times

It was replaced on Guernica’s webpage with a note, attributed to “admin,” stating: “Guernica regrets having published this piece, and has retracted it,” and promising further explanation.

From New York Times

Michael Archer, the founder of Guernica, said that the magazine would publish a response in the coming days.

From New York Times

“It is not easy to tread the line of empathy, to feel passion for both sides,” she wrote in the literary journal Guernica, explaining that she briefly stopped her volunteer work driving Palestinian children to Israeli hospitals for lifesaving medical care.

From Los Angeles Times