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azulejo
[ Spanish ah-soo-le-haw, ah-thoo-; Portuguese ah-zoo-le-zhoo ]
noun
, plural a·zu·le·jos [ah-soo-, le, -haws, ah-thoo-, ah-zoo-, le, -zh, oo, sh].
- (in Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries) a glazed and painted tile used as a wainscot or facing.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of azulejo1
1835–45; < Spanish: blue tile, derivative of azul blue
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Example Sentences
The Azulejo had been lost, but was brought in quite spent, by Barckhausen.
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Behind him hung one of Alberto's cages, an azulejo fluttering inside.
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Such were the processes in use among the azulejo-makers of old Seville.
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Niculoso introduced this kind of azulejo painting into Seville.
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