Guadalajara

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Guadalajara, from Arabic وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (wādī l-ḥijāra, literally “valley of stones”). The city in Mexico was named after the city in Spain by conquistadores.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwɑːdələˈhɑːɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwɑdələˈhɑɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə

Proper noun

Guadalajara

1. A province of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Capital: Guadalajara.
2. A city, the capital of Guadalajara, Spain.
3. A city, the capital of Jalisco, in central Mexico.
   • 2023 November 17, Michael Snyder, “A Guide to Guadalajara, Mexico’s City of Makers”, in The New York Times Style Magazine‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-11-17:

     For much of the 20th century, the image of Mexico popularized abroad through film, music, art and literature was, more accurately, a portrayal of Jalisco state and especially its capital, Guadalajara.

Related terms

• Guadalcanal, Guadalquivir, Guadalupe, Guadiana

Translations

city in Spain

• Arabic: وَادِي الْحِجَارَة f (wādī l-ḥijāra), مَدِينَة الْفَرَج f (madīnat al-faraj) (obsolete)
• Aragonese: Guadalachara f
• Armenian: Գուադալախարա (Guadalaxara)
• Asturian: Guadalajara f, Guadalaxara f
• Azerbaijani: Qvadalaxara
• Bulgarian: Гуадалаха́ра f (Guadalahára)
• Catalan: Guadalajara f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 瓜達拉哈拉 / 瓜达拉哈拉 (gwaa¹ daat⁶ laai¹ haa¹ laai¹)

  Mandarin: 瓜達拉哈拉 / 瓜达拉哈拉 (zh) (Guādálāhālā)

• Esperanto: Gvadalaharo, Guadalaĥaro
• Finnish: Guadalajara (fi)
• French: Guadalajara (fr) f
• Galician: Guadalaxara (gl) f
• Georgian: გვადალახარა (gvadalaxara)
• Greek: Γκουανταλαχάρα (el) f (Gkouantalachára), Γουαδαλαχάρα f (Gouadalachára)
• Hebrew: גְוִָדָלָחָרָה f (Gvadalakhára)
• Hindi: ग्वादालाहारा m (gvādālāhārā)
• Hungarian: Guadalajara (hu)
• Japanese: グアダラハラ (Guadarahara), グアダラハーラ (Guadarahāra)
• Korean: 과달라하라 (Gwadallahara)
• Latin: Guadalaxara f, Fluvius Lapidum m
• Latvian: Gvadalahara f
• Lithuanian: Gvadalachara f
• Marathi: ग्वादालाहारा n (gvādālāhārā)
• Ossetian: Гвадалахарӕ (Gvadalaxaræ)
• Persian: گوادالاخارا (govâdâlâxârâ)
• Portuguese: Guadalajara f, Guadalaxara f
• Punjabi: ਗੁਆਦਾਲਾਹਾਰਾ f (guādālāhārā)
• Russian: Гвадалаха́ра f (Gvadalaxára)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гвадалахара f

  Roman: Guadalajara f

• Spanish: Guadalajara (es) f
• Thai: กวาดาลาฮารา (gwaa-daa-laa-haa-raa)
• Ukrainian: Ґвадалаха́ра f (Gvadalaxára), Гвадалаха́ра f (Hvadalaxára)
• Urdu: گوادالاخارا f (Gvādālāxārā)
• Uzbek: Gvadalahara
• Veps: Gvadalahar

city in Jalisco, Mexico

• Arabic: غْوَادَالَاخَارَا f (ḡwādālāḵārā), وَادِي الْحِجَارَة f (wādī l-ḥijāra)
• Armenian: Գվադալախարա (hy) (Gvadalaxara)
• Asturian: Guadalajara f
• Azerbaijani: Quadalaxara
• Bulgarian: Гуадалаха́ра f (Guadalahára)
• Catalan: Guadalajara f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 瓜達拉哈拉 / 瓜达拉哈拉 (gwaa¹ daat⁶ laai¹ haa¹ laai¹)

  Mandarin: 瓜達拉哈拉 / 瓜达拉哈拉 (zh) (Guādálāhālā)

• Esperanto: Gvadalaharo
• Finnish: Guadalajara (fi)
• French: Guadalajara (fr) f
• Galician: Guadalajara (gl) f, Guadalaxara (gl) f
• Georgian: გვადალახარა (gvadalaxara)
• Greek: Γκουανταλαχάρα (el) f (Gkouantalachára), Γουαδαλαχάρα f (Gouadalachára)
• Hebrew: גְוִָדָלָחָרָה f (Gvadalakhára)
• Hindi: ग्वाडलहारा f (gvāḍalhārā), ग्वादालाहारा m (gvādālāhārā)
• Hungarian: Guadalajara (hu)
• Japanese: グアダラハラ (Guadarahara)
• Korean: 과달라하라 (Gwadallahara)
• Latin: Guadalaxara f
• Latvian: Gvadalahara f
• Lithuanian: Gvadalachara f
• Malayalam: ഗ്വാഡലഹാര (gvāḍalahāra)
• Marathi: ग्वादालाहारा n (gvādālāhārā)
• Nahuatl: Ātemaxac
• Ossetian: Гвадалахарӕ (Gvadalaxaræ)
• Persian: گوادالاخارا (govâdâlâxârâ)
• Portuguese: Guadalajara f
• Punjabi: ਗੁਆਦਾਲਾਹਾਰਾ f (guādālāhārā)
• Russian: Гвадалаха́ра f (Gvadalaxára)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Гвадалахара f

  Roman: Guadalajara f

• Spanish: Guadalajara (es) f
• Tamil: குவாதலஹாரா (kuvātalahārā)
• Thai: กวาดาลาฮารา (gwaa-daa-laa-haa-raa)
• Ukrainian: Ґвадалаха́ра f (Gvadalaxára), Гвадалаха́ра f (Hvadalaxára)
• Urdu: گواڈلہارا f (Gvāḍalahārā)
• Uzbek: Gvadalahara
• Veps: Gvadalahar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (wādī l-ḥijāra, literally “valley of stones”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡwə.ðə.ləˈʒa.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡwa.ða.laˈd͡ʒa.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa

Proper noun

Guadalajara f

1. Guadalajara (a province of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; capital: Guadalajara)
2. Guadalajara (a city, the capital of Guadalajara, Spain)
3. Guadalajara (a city, the capital of Jalisco, in central Mexico)

Derived terms

• guadalajareny

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Guadalajara

1. Guadalajara (the capital city of the state of Jalisco, Mexico)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (wādī l-ḥijāra, literally “valley of stones”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwadalaˈxaɾa/ [ɡwa.ð̞a.laˈxa.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: Gua‧da‧la‧ja‧ra

Proper noun

Guadalajara f

1. Guadalajara (a province of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; capital: Guadalajara)
2. Guadalajara (a city, the capital of Guadalajara, Spain)
3. Guadalajara (a city, the capital of Jalisco, in central Mexico)

Coordinate terms

• alcarreño
• arriacense
• caracense
• tapatío

Derived terms

• guadalajarense
• guadalajareño

Descendants

• → English: Guadalajara
• → French: Guadalajara