Seville

American  

[suh-vil] / səˈvɪl /

noun

1. a port in SW Spain, on the Guadalquivir River: site of the Alcazar; cathedral.

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Seville British  

/ səˈvɪl /

noun

1. Spanish name: Sevilla.  Ancient name: Hispalis.  a port in SW Spain, on the Guadalquivir River: chief town of S Spain under the Vandals and Visigoths (5th–8th centuries); centre of Spanish colonial trade (16th–17th centuries); tourist centre. Pop: 709 975 (2003 est)

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Seville Cultural  

1. City in southwestern Spain on the Guadalquivir River; a major port and cultural center.

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Seville is the capital of bullfighting in Spain.

According to legend, Don Juan lived in Seville.

Two famous operas, Carmen and The Barber of Seville, are set in Seville.

Other Word Forms

• Sevillian
  adjective

Example Sentences

González developed her classic yet defiantly modern approach while studying at the University of Seville, where Spanish masters such as Diego Velázquez and Francisco de Zurbarán painted in the naturalist Baroque tradition.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Graeme Souness captained Scotland against Brazil in the heat of Seville at the 1982 World Cup.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

As the smooth highway north of Seville stretched into the vastness of pastoral Extremadura, the chances of finding a lynx, which remains rarer than the snow leopard or the Bengal tiger, felt impossibly small.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

At Amama's headquarters in the city of Seville, a mosaic promoting self-examinations and leaflets advertising flamenco classes to fight the side effects of chemotherapy welcome breast cancer sufferers.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

Neville’s Cadillac Seville screeched to a halt outside an old iron fence on a deserted street.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older