cordoba

«cordoba» in Mova's school dictionary: a historic city in southern Spain, famous for its great… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun, a name (Córdoba — a city; a córdoba, córdobas — money)

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Córdoba is a historic city in southern Spain, famous for its great mosque-cathedral (the Mezquita). tree →

2) (a name) Córdoba is also a big city in Argentina. tree →

3) (money) The córdoba is the money of Nicaragua. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, Córdoba in Spain was one of the largest and most learned cities in Europe about a thousand years ago, when it was ruled by Muslims; Muslims, Christians and Jews lived there. In geography, the Argentine Córdoba is that country's second-largest city. It is a Spanish name, not an English word.

examples

• Córdoba is a city in the south of Spain. tree →
• The great mosque of Córdoba later became a cathedral. tree →
• Córdoba in Argentina has a famous old university. tree →
• The price was 50 córdobas in the market in Nicaragua. tree →
• About a thousand years ago Córdoba had huge libraries. tree →
• We visited Córdoba and Seville on our holiday. tree →

note

Written with a capital C and an accent (Córdoba) in careful writing; pronounced «KOR-do-ba». There is also an English word «cordovan», a kind of leather first made in Córdoba.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cordoba» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.