Definition of Segovia

1. Noun. Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987).

Exact synonyms: Andres Segovia
Generic synonyms: Composer, Guitar Player, Guitarist

Definition of Segovia

1. Proper noun. A city in Castile and Leon ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Segovia

Seder
Sedna
Sedum acre
Sedum rosea
Sedum telephium
Seebeck effect
Seeger
Seeland
Seeligmuller's sign
Seessel's pocket
Seessel's pouch
SegE endonuclease
Sega
Segal
Segmentina
Segovia (current term)
Segovian
Segovians
Segway
Segways
Sehnsucht
Seidel
Seidel's scotoma
Seidel's sign
Seidlitz mixture
Seidlitz powder
Seidlitz powders
Seifert fiber space
Seifert fiber spaces
Seifert fibered space

Literary usage of Segovia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"100), beyond which is the Royal Palace. 124 M. Madrid (p. 60 ; Estación del Norte). 7. From Medina del Campo to Madrid via Segovia and Villalba. ..."

2. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"Two of those of Jewish blood, Davila of Segovia and Aranda of Calahorra, ... Since 1461 he had been Bishop of Segovia and, in spite of Jewish descent, ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The large rivers, rising in the central mountains and emptying into the Caribbean Sea, are the Segovia, also called Coca or Wanks, which forms the boundary ..."

4. Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (1901)
"From Medina del Campo to Madrid via Segovia and Villalba. 121 M. RAILWAY (one express and two ordinary trains daily) in £M>/i hrs. (fares 53 p. 30, 17 p. ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It certainly was not consecrated, however, until 16 July, 1228, by the papal legate, John, Bishop of In their conquest of Spain, the Mussulmans took Segovia ..."

6. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1831)
"Segovia requires a more minute description; it is the Segovia, ancient Segovia, a Celtiberian city embellished hy Trajan; its name has not been changed. ..."

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