Valencia

American  

[vuh-len-shee-uh, -shuh, -see-uh, vah-len-syah, -thyah] / vəˈlɛn ʃi ə, -ʃə, -si ə, vɑˈlɛn syɑ, -θyɑ /

noun

1. Guillermo León 1909–71, Colombian diplomat and statesman: president 1962–66.

2. a province in eastern Spain: the region was formerly a Moorish kingdom. 9,085 sq. mi. (23,530 sq. km).

3. a seaport in eastern Spain.

4. a city in northern Venezuela.

5. a variety of the sweet orange, Citrus sinensis, originally from the Mediterranean area and cultivated extensively in Florida and California.

6. Also Valentia a female given name.

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Valencia British  

/ baˈlenθja /

noun

1. Latin name: Valentia.  a port in E Spain, capital of Valencia province, on the Mediterranean: the third largest city in Spain; capital of the Moorish kingdom of Valencia (1021–1238); university (1501). Pop: 780 653 (2003 est)

2. a region and former kingdom of E Spain, on the Mediterranean

3. a city in N Venezuela: one of the two main industrial centres in Venezuela. Pop: 2 330 000 (2005 est)

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Valencia Cultural  

1. City in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean Sea.

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Example Sentences

Oliver Kahn was in goal for that agonising, stoppage-time turnaround against Manchester United - two years later, the German stopper would prove Bayern Munich's hero against a vintage Valencia in Milan.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Torres told Barrera Valencia to note all of his losses to see what the city could do.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Paloma Valencia, 50, belongs to one of Colombia's most powerful families and is the granddaughter of Guillermo Leon Valencia, a conservative in office from 1962 to 1966.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

“You’re already seeing this shift with Porto and Valencia relative to Lisbon and Barcelona, or Ljubljana and Palermo relative to Venice and Florence,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

There was a lot of talk about what wonderful jewelry Billy had given to Valencia over the years.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut