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.