Lorca

American  

[lawr-kuh, lawr-kah] / ˈlɔr kə, ˈlɔr kɑ /

noun

1. García Lorca.

2. a city in SE Spain.

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Lorca ¹ British  

/ ˈlɔrka /

noun

1. a town in SE Spain, on the Guadalentín River. Pop: 82 511 (2003 est)

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Lorca ² British  

/ ˈlɔrka /

noun

1. Federico García (feðeˈriko ɡarˈθia). 1898–1936, Spanish poet and dramatist. His poetry, such as Romancero gitano (1928), shows his debt to Andalusian folk poetry. His plays include the trilogy Bodas de sangre (1933), Yerma (1934), and La Casa de Bernarda Alba (1936)

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Example Sentences

“One thing that I’ll always be eternally grateful to him for . . . is he introduced me to García Lorca when I was a kid,” his son later said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

A serious knee injury sustained at Lorca Deportiva brought an end to his, less than memorable, playing career in 2004.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Lorca immediately kick-started his managerial career and he repaid them by winning promotion at the first time of asking.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

The opera, one of this century’s most gratifying, portrays the 1936 political execution of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca during the Spanish Civil War through the final minutes of actress Margarita Xirgu’s life.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

My mom tells us she studied the poems of Lorca when she was in college.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar