Guadalquivir

[ gwah-th ahl-kee-veer ]

/ ˌgwɑ ðɑl kiˈvir /

noun

a river in S Spain, flowing W to the Gulf of Cádiz. 374 miles (602 km) long.

Example sentences from the Web for guadalquivir

It lies on the west bank of the Guadalquivir, a few minutes' walk from the railway bridge.

Southern Spain |A.F. Calvert
Pedro Arias sailed from Seville on the Guadalquivir to the sea, in the first days of the year 1514.

De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) |Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt
I had landed at Cadiz, and had gone up the Guadalquivir in a steamer, whose advent at Seville my friend was on the look-out for.

Tracks of a Rolling Stone |Henry J. Coke
Though hundreds of miles separate the Manzanares from the Guadalquivir, yet do they meet in the mightier waters of the ocean.

Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes |Charles Sellers and Others

In the middle there is a river which was judged to be the size of the Guadalquivir at Seville.

The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros |Pedro Fernandez de Quiros

British Dictionary definitions for guadalquivir

Guadalquivir

/ (ˌɡwɑːdəlkwɪˈvɪə, Spanish ɡwaðalkiˈβir) /

noun

the chief river of S Spain, rising in the Sierra de Segura and flowing west and southwest to the Gulf of Cádiz: navigable by ocean-going vessels to Seville. Length: 560 km (348 miles)

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Guadalquivir

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British Dictionary definitions for guadalquivir

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