Córdoba

See also: cordoba, Cordoba, and córdoba

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Córdoba.

Proper noun

Córdoba

1. Alternative form of Cordoba, a city and province Spain and a province of Argentina.

Catalan

Proper noun

Córdoba f

Cordoba (a city in Cordoba, Spain; province of Andalusia, Spain; province of Argentina; department of Colombia)

Derived terms

• cordobés (“Cordoban”)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُرْطُبَة (qurṭuba), itself a borrowing from Latin Corduba, from Phoenician Qartuba; originally Qart-Juba, named after Numidian king Juba I.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾdoba/ [ˈkoɾ.ð̞o.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oɾdoba
• Syllabification: Cór‧do‧ba

Proper noun

Córdoba f

1. Cordoba (a city in Cordoba, Spain; province of Andalusia, Spain; province of Argentina; department of Colombia)

Derived terms

• cordobense
• cordobés