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Guadalajara
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English
Etymology
en es Guadalajara, from en ar وَادِي الْحِجَارَة valley of stones.
en ar و د ي ح ج ر
The city in Mexico was named after the city in Spain by conquistadores.
Pronunciation
en /ˌɡwɑːdələˈhɑːɹə/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Guadalajara.wav Southern England
en /ˌɡwɑdələˈhɑɹə/ US
en ɑːɹə 5
Proper noun
<dab>
en province autonomous community/Castilla-La Mancha c/Spain Guadalajara.
en city/capital province/Guadalajara c/Spain.
en city/capital s/Jalisco in central c/Mexico.
en Michael Snyder A Guide to Guadalajara, Mexico’s City of Makers w:The New York Times Style Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/t-magazine/locals-guide-guadalajara-mexico.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251107032622/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/t-magazine/locals-guide-guadalajara-mexico.html 7 November 2025
Related terms
en Guadalcanal, en Guadalquivir, en Guadalupe, en Guadiana
Translations
city in Spain
Arabic: ar وَادِي الْحِجَارَة f, ar مَدِينَة الْفَرَج f madīnat al-faraj obsolete
Aragonese: an Guadalachara f
Armenian: hy Գուադալախարա
Asturian: ast Guadalajara f, ast Guadalaxara f
Azerbaijani: az Qvadalaxara
Bulgarian: bg Гуадалаха́ра f
Catalan: ca Guadalajara f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 瓜達拉哈拉 gwaa1 daat6 laai1 haa1 laai1
Mandarin: cmn 瓜達拉哈拉 Guādálāhālā
Esperanto: eo Gvadalaharo, eo Guadalaĥaro
Finnish: fi Guadalajara
French: fr Guadalajara f
Galician: gl Guadalaxara f
Georgian: ka გვადალახარა
Greek: el Γκουανταλαχάρα f, el Γουαδαλαχάρα f
Hebrew: he גְוִָדָלָחָרָה f Gvadalakhára
Hindi: hi ग्वादालाख़ारा m
Hungarian: hu Guadalajara
Japanese: ja グアダラハラ Guadarahara, ja グアダラハーラ Guadarahāra
Korean: ko ^과달라하라
Latin: la Guadalaxara f, la Fluvius Lapidum m
Latvian: lv Gvadalahara f
Lithuanian: lt Gvadalachara f
Marathi: mr ग्वादालाहारा n
Ossetian: os Гвадалахарӕ
Persian: fa گوادالاخارا govâdâlâxârâ
Portuguese: pt Guadalajara f, pt Guadalaxara f
Punjabi: pa ਗੁਆਦਾਲਾਹਾਰਾ f
Russian: ru Гвадалаха́ра f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Гвадалахара f
Latin: sh Guadalajara f
Spanish: es Guadalajara f
Thai: th กวาดาลาฮารา gwaa-daa-laa-haa-raa
Ukrainian: uk Ґвадалаха́ра f, uk Гвадалаха́ра f
Urdu: ur گوادالاخارا f Gvādālāxārā
Uzbek: uz Gvadalahara
Veps: vep Gvadalahar
city in Jalisco, Mexico
Arabic: ar غْوَادَالَاخَارَا f, ar وَادِي الْحِجَارَة f
Armenian: hy Գվադալախարա
Asturian: ast Guadalajara f
Azerbaijani: az Quadalaxara
Bulgarian: bg Гуадалаха́ра f
Catalan: ca Guadalajara f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 瓜達拉哈拉 gwaa1 daat6 laai1 haa1 laai1
Mandarin: cmn 瓜達拉哈拉 Guādálāhālā
Esperanto: eo Gvadalaharo
Finnish: fi Guadalajara
French: fr Guadalajara f
Galician: gl Guadalajara f, gl Guadalaxara f
Georgian: ka გვადალახარა
Greek: el Γκουανταλαχάρα f, el Γουαδαλαχάρα f
Hebrew: he גְוִָדָלָחָרָה f Gvadalakhára
Hindi: hi ग्वादालाख़ारा m
Hungarian: hu Guadalajara
Japanese: ja グアダラハラ Guadarahara
Korean: ko ^과달라하라
Latin: la Guadalaxara f
Latvian: lv Gvadalahara f
Lithuanian: lt Gvadalachara f
Malayalam: ml ഗ്വാഡലഹാര
Marathi: mr ग्वादालाहारा n
Nahuatl: nah Ātemaxac
Ossetian: os Гвадалахарӕ
Persian: fa گوادالاخارا govâdâlâxârâ
Portuguese: pt Guadalajara f
Punjabi: pa ਗੁਆਦਾਲਾਹਾਰਾ f
Russian: ru Гвадалаха́ра f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Гвадалаха f Гвадалахара
Latin: sh Guadalajara f
Spanish: es Guadalajara f
Tamil: ta குவாதலஹாரா
Thai: th กวาดาลาฮารา gwaa-daa-laa-haa-raa
Ukrainian: uk Ґвадалаха́ра f, uk Гвадалаха́ра f
Urdu: ur گواڈلہارا Gvāḍalahārā f
Uzbek: uz Gvadalahara
Veps: vep Gvadalahar
Catalan
ca:
Etymology
ca ar وَادِي الْحِجَارَة valley of stones.
Pronunciation
ca aɾa 5
Proper noun
f
ca province autonomous community/Castilla-La Mancha c/Spain Guadalajara Guadalajara
ca city/capital province/Guadalajara c/Spain Guadalajara
ca city/capital s/Jalisco in central c/Mexico Guadalajara
Derived terms
ca guadalajareny
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
nch proper noun
nch capital city s:pref/Jalisco c/Mexico Guadalajara
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :bor ar:وَادِي الْحِجَارَة<lit:valley of stones> + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es province autonomous community/Castilla-La Mancha c/Spain Guadalajara Guadalajara
es city/capital province/Guadalajara c/Spain Guadalajara
es city/capital s/Jalisco in central c/Mexico Guadalajara
Coordinate terms
es alcarreño arriacense caracense tapatío
Derived terms
es guadalajarense guadalajareño
Descendants
en Guadalajara 1
fr Guadalajara 1