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

Over the weekend, more than a dozen of the publication’s staff resigned in protest — and Guernica removed the essay from its website.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Dr. Ayala said “Guernica,” which depicts the 1937 bombing of the city of Guernica during the Spanish civil war, helps explain his views of faith and science as parts of the same whole.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023

This outdoor mural in Guernica, Spain, is based on Pablo Picasso’s famous depiction of the horrors of aerial bombings of the town in his 1937 painting Guernica.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Paul McAdory is a writer and an editor at Guernica.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022

But she hadn’t been referring to Picasso’s Guernica.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin