Andalusia

[an-dl-oo-zhuh, -shee-uh]

noun

1. Spanish Andalucía. a region in S Spain, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. 33,712 sq. mi. (87,314 sq. km).

2. a city in S Alabama.

Andalusia

/ ˌændəˈluːzɪə /

noun

1. Spanish name: Andalucía. a region of S Spain, on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, with the Sierra Morena in the north, the Sierra Nevada in the southeast, and the Guadalquivir River flowing over fertile lands between them; a centre of Moorish civilization; it became an autonomous region in 1981. Area: about 87 280 sq km (33 700 sq miles)

Other Word Forms

• Andalusian adjective

Example Sentences

Cano was the first victim to submit a complaint against Andalusia's health service, which is a regional responsibility in Spain's decentralised system.

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The worst floods Spain had seen for decades - a phenomenon known by meteorologists as the Dana - killed 229 people in the region, with another eight dying in neighbouring Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia.

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Another 2,000 people were evacuated from hotels and homes near the tourist hotspot of Tarifa in the southern region of Andalusia.

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In truth, though, the journey culminating in the midfielder's arrival at Emirates Stadium was spawned well in advance of that covert visit to Andalusia last summer.

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Thousands of people were left trapped on trains or stranded overnight after the theft of copper cables halted high-speed services between Madrid and southern Spain's Andalusia region.

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