Lorca

[ lawr-kuh; Spanish lawr-kah ]

noun

1. García Lorca.
2. a city in SE Spain.

Lorca

¹

/ ˈlɔrka /

noun

1. LorcaFederico García18981936MSpanishWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatist Federico García (feðeˈriko ɡarˈθia). 1898–1936, Spanish poet and dramatist. His poetry, such as Romancero gitano (1928), shows his debt to Andalusian folk poetry. His plays include the trilogy Bodas de sangre (1933), Yerma (1934), and La Casa de Bernarda Alba (1936)

Lorca

²

/ ˈlɔrka /

noun

1. a town in SE Spain, on the Guadalentín River. Pop: 82 511 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

A top government minister, Josué Alejandro Lorca, said in 2021 that oil spills were “not a big deal because, historically, all oil companies have had them.”

From New York Times

“In Spain,” García Lorca once wrote, “the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.”

From New York Times

The troupe began life in New York City, in 1983, as Spanish Dance Arts Company, led by Roberto Lorca, a choreographer from California.

From New York Times

I once came across him stretched out on the floor of a bookstore in Portland, Ore., with a Spanish dictionary in one hand and the complete works of Federico García Lorca in the other.

From Washington Post

Flashbacks bring us to the summer of 1936, as Xirgu tries to persuade Lorca to escape with her to Cuba, where they will be safe from the right-wing revolt in Spain.

From New York Times