ANDALUSIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Andalusian mean? 

• ANDALUSIAN (adjective)
  The adjective ANDALUSIAN has 1 sense:

1. in or relating to Andalusia

  Familiarity information: ANDALUSIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANDALUSIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In or relating to Andalusia

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

Experiments carried out with diverse marine bacteria shed light on the processes by which barite precipitates in bacterial biofilms from the bioaccumulation of barium in bacterial cells and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), Francisca Martínez Ruiz and María Teresa González Muñoz, researcher from the Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute (IACT) and professor emeritus of the Department of Microbiology at the UGR, respectively, explain.

(Researchers discover the oceanic precipitation mechanism for barium, which is a proxy for marine bacterial productivity, University of Granada)