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

González developed her classic yet defiantly modern approach while studying at the University of Seville, where Spanish masters such as Diego Velázquez and Francisco de Zurbarán painted in the naturalist Baroque tradition.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 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

Euro 2024 winners Spain found themselves in a similar situation in Seville against Turkey but also never looked like going down to the seven-goal loss that would have sent the visitors through in their place.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

A lady, traveling with her maids, was on her way to Seville to meet her husband.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios