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Almería

/almeˈɾia/

proper noun/almeˈɾia/

Almería (a city and municipality, the capital of the province of Almería, Andalusia, Spain); Almería (a province of Andalusia, Spain, around the city)

From Arabic المرية (al-Mariyya), from مَرَايَا (marāyā, “mirrors”) in reference to the settlement's initial role in the 9th century as a watchtower for Bajjana, now Pechina.