Name Etymology and derivatives According to Manuel Pellicer Catalán, the name "Sevilla" derives from the ancient name Spal, meaning "lowland" in the Phoenician language (cognate to the Hebrew Shfela and the Arabic Asfal ). It is ultimately from Phoenician sefela, meaning "plain, valley." Hisbaal is another old name for Seville. It appears to have originated during the Phoenician colonisation of the Tartessian culture in south-western Iberia, and according to a new proposal, it refers to the god Baal.
Name Etymology and derivatives According to Manuel Pellicer Catalán the name "Sevilla" derives from the ancient name Spal meaning "lowland" in the Phoenician language (cognate to the Hebrew Shfela and the Arabic Asfal ) It is ultimately from Phoenician sefela meaning "plain valley" Hisbaal is another old name for Seville It appears to have originated during the Phoenician colonisation of the Tartessian culture in south-western Iberia and according to a new proposal it refers to the god Baal