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Andalusian

Andalusian

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Relating to Andalusia in southern Spain or its people and culture
  • adjective
: andaluz
  • At the festival, we enjoyed Andalusian folk music played by local musicians.
  • Andalusian patio
  • Andalusian identity
  • Andalusian tradition

It's about a boy, an Andalusian shepherd boy, who goes off on a search for a worldly treasure.

Examples

  • Many Hispano corridos can be traced to medieval Andalusian verses and ballads brought over by colonial Spaniards (Herrera-Sobek 1993).

    Academic text (2002)

  • It's about a boy, an Andalusian shepherd boy, who goes off on a search for a worldly treasure.

    Rose Han

  • You imagine the groups of families listening to Andalusian music on a Friday night.

    Academic text (2009)

  • A man walked around the room playing a guitar, many of the songs Andalusian in flavor.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Were you studying the ways and customs of Andalusian immigrants?

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The Moorish Andalusian identity came out of a process that was top down and exclusive.

  • I'd seen a real Andalusian village celebrating its patron saint.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • This brightened, citrusy twist on a classic Andalusian dish is found in Spain.

  • While flamenco grows in the public sphere of Spanish society, a group largely composed of Andalusian people holds flamenco apart from public purview.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Today, the Tunisian chechia industry, in common with many other urban textile traditions, retains this Andalusian influence.

    Academic text (2004)

Surface Forms

Andalusian positive

Morphology

Andalusian = Andalusia (transparent) = Andalusia + ian

Standard adjectival/demonymic formation from the place name 'Andalusia' using the productive suffix '-ian', so the meaning is directly derived from the place.

Etymology

Andalusian comes from the place name Andalusia, which comes from Arabic Al-Andalus, the name given to southern Spain long ago. One popular story says Al-Andalus was named after the Vandals, an old tribe, which gives a simple picture of many people meeting there. So, Andalusian means someone or something 'from Andalusia'.