Seville

American  

[suh-vil] / səˈvɪl /

noun

1. a port in SW Spain, on the Guadalquivir River: site of the Alcazar; cathedral.

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Seville British  

/ səˈvɪl /

noun

1. Spanish name: Sevilla.  Ancient name: Hispalis.  a port in SW Spain, on the Guadalquivir River: chief town of S Spain under the Vandals and Visigoths (5th–8th centuries); centre of Spanish colonial trade (16th–17th centuries); tourist centre. Pop: 709 975 (2003 est)

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Seville Cultural  

1. City in southwestern Spain on the Guadalquivir River; a major port and cultural center.

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Seville is the capital of bullfighting in Spain.

According to legend, Don Juan lived in Seville.

Two famous operas, Carmen and The Barber of Seville, are set in Seville.

Other Word Forms

• Sevillian adjective

Example Sentences

The line connecting Madrid and Seville "is so successful that more people travel between those cities by rail than by car and airplane combined", he said.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Single-stair apartments may be alien in much of the United States, but “represent a building more like Brooklyn or Seville or Berlin or Paris,” said Ed Mendoza, a building code policy researcher at California YIMBY.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025

Milan, Lisbon and Seville have grown into burgeoning tech, finance and startup hubs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

Alvaro Zarzoso, an academic who studied Michelin stars at the University of Seville in Spain, said the guide is still a crucial tastemaker.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

The first published report of Pizarro’s exploits, by his companion Captain Cristobal de Mena, was printed in Seville in April 1534, a mere nine months after Atahuallpa’s execution.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond