Boabdil

[ boh-uh b-dil; Spanish baw-ahb-th eel ]

/ ˈboʊ əb dɪl; Spanish ˌbɔ ɑbˈðil /

noun

abu-AbdallahEl Chico, died 1533?, last Moorish king of Granada 1482–83, 1486–92.

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Examples from the Web for boabdil

This was a residence in a palace, but it had proved a royal prison to the sultana Ayxa la Horra and her youthful son Boabdil.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada|Washington Irving
No aid came, and at the end of December Boabdil sent a message to Ferdinand to come and take possession of the city.
The Moors in Spain|Stanley Lane-Poole
He was vigorously met by Boabdil and his adherents, and driven back into the quarter of the Alhambra.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada|Washington Irving
They had urged the unfortunate Boabdil to the conflict; they now clamored for a capitulation.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada|Washington Irving

"Thou speakest as if the armies of Ferdinand were not already around my walls," said Boabdil, impatiently.
Leila, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for boabdil

Boabdil

/ (Spanish boaβˈðil) /

noun

original name Abu-Abdullah, called El Chico, ruled as Mohammed XI . died ?1538, last Moorish king of Granada (1482–83; 1486–92)

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