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

I walk east, past the embedded brass quotes on Calle de las Huertas, where Golden Age scribes Cervantes and Vega and the Generation of 1927’s Federico Lorca and Valle-Inclán are literally underfoot.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

“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

He registered Lorca as an emotional support animal, paid for a vaccine card and a certificate of good health, and crate-trained her in a TSA-approved carrier.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Our waiter overhears my mom’s impromptu poetry recital and tells us that the statue was built years ago and kept in storage for over a decade because Spaniards are divided in their feelings for Lorca.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar