Also Cordoba, a city in southern Spain on the Guadalquivir River: the capital of Spain under Moorish rule.
a city in central Argentina.
a city in central Argentina: university (1613). Pop: 1 592 000 (2005 est)
English name: Cordova. a city in S Spain, on the Guadalquivir River: centre of Moorish Spain (711–1236). Pop: 318 628 (2003 est)
named in honour of Francisco Fernández de Córdoba 2
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When the government of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro officially devalued the cordoba last week to a stratospheric 25 million to the dollar, most Nicaraguans were simply glad the waiting was over.
From Time Magazine Archive
The government replaced the existing currency, the cordoba, which was officially valued at 20,000 to the U.S. dollar, with a new cordoba pegged at ten to the dollar.
From Time Magazine Archive
The national currency, the cordoba, is virtually useless; some merchants just price their goods in dollars.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since the War, U. S. financial physicians have gone to the far corners of the earth to stabilize the peso, sucre, zloty, pengo, gourde, piaster, cordoba.
From Time Magazine Archive
In January, with inflation running at nearly 1,500%, the cordoba was pegged at a rate of 10 for each U.S. dollar; today the rate is 1,600 to $1.
From Time Magazine Archive
Throughout Saturday afternoon and into the night in Córdoba, Jose Manuel Muñoz and his friends were holding a surprise 50th birthday party for María del Carmen Abril, a teacher.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Adif, a state-owned railroad infrastructure operator, said the two trains derailed in Adamuz, a municipality in Córdoba.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
A drizzle of fine, fruity arbequina extra virgin olive oil from Córdoba.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025
Newcomer Tatianna Córdoba, a Bay Area native and graduate of the Boston Conservatory, plays the lead in this coming-of-age tale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
Fray Andrés de Ocampo, of Córdoba, an excellent religious.
Melons are cheaper too: 20 cordobas here compared to 30 cordobas in the supermarket.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2016
Every month, merchant sales total at least 2 billion cordobas, or $71 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2016
At the mercado, pork tenderloin costs 70 cordobas a pound versus 90 cordobas at the supermarket.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2016
In nearly every country of the Americas, fund-raising committees began collecting pesos, lempiras, quetzals, balboas, cruzeiros, cordobas, bolivars, colons and sols to pay for bulldozers.
From Time Magazine Archive
In April the President's office ordered the withdrawal of $3.6 million in U.S. currency from the Central Bank, plus the equivalent of $5 million more in Nicaraguan cordobas.
From Time Magazine Archive
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