CORDOVA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cordova mean? 

• CORDOVA (noun)
  The noun CORDOVA has 3 senses:

1. Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526)

2. a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture

3. a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613

  Familiarity information: CORDOVA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORDOVA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cordoba; Cordova; Francisco Fernandez Cordoba; Francisco Fernandez de Cordova

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Cordoba; Cordova

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

A city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Cordoba; Cordova

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

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

Argentina; Argentine Republic (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)

 Context examples 

By Saint James! said he, if ye fall this day ye fall by no mean hands, for the flower of the knighthood of Castile ride under the banner of Don Tello, with the chivalry of Asturias, Toledo, Leon, Cordova, Galicia, and Seville.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)