ANDALUCIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Andalucia mean? 

• ANDALUCIA (noun)
  The noun ANDALUCIA has 1 sense:

1. a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization

  Familiarity information: ANDALUCIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANDALUCIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Andalucia; Andalusia

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Andalucia"):

Granada (a city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492; site of the Alhambra (a palace and fortress built by Moors in the Middle Ages) which is now a major tourist attraction)

Holonyms ("Andalucia" is a part of...):

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)