Guernica

American  

[gwair-ni-kuh, ger-nee-kah] / ˈgwɛər nɪ kə, gɛrˈni kɑ /

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.

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Guernica British  

/ ˈɡɜːnɪkə, ɡɛrˈnika, ɡɜːˈniːkə /

noun

1. Basque name: Gernika.  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)

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Example Sentences

Soon afterward, in April 1937, the fascist militaries of Germany and Italy dropped bombs on a Spanish town with a name that quickly became a synonym for the slaughter of civilians: Guernica.

From Salon

Within weeks, Pablo Picasso’s painting “Guernica” was on public display, boosting global revulsion at such barbarism.

From Salon

The daily horrors in Gaza still echo the day when bombs fell on Guernica.

From Salon

I can think that Pablo Picasso and John Lennon were abusive men and be moved by Guernica and "Abbey Road," and respect that others approach their work differently.

From Salon

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

From New York Times