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Sevilla

/seˈbiʝa/

proper noun/seˈbiʝa/

Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain); Seville (a province of Andalusia, Spain); a toponymic surname deriving from the city

Borrowed from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), a deformation of the Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “valley, plain”).