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Guadarrama

mountain range and river north of Madridsierra y río al norte de Madrid

Comes from Arabic

وَادِي الرَّمْل

wādī ar-raml

“the river of sand”«el río de la arena»

Arabic today says

نَهْر الرَّمْل

nahr ar-raml

Root

و د ي

w-d-y

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

The most widespread explanation is wādī ar-raml, "river of sand". Others propose a Latin origin (aquae dirama, "watershed") that was later drawn by sound toward the Arabic Guad- names.La explicación más extendida es wādī ar-raml, «río de la arena». Otros proponen un origen latino (aquae dirama, «divisoria de aguas») que luego se acercó por sonido a los nombres árabes en Guad-.

In a sentence

Cruzamos la sierra de Guadarrama en tren.

We crossed the Guadarrama mountains by train.

عَبَرْنَا جِبَال غوادَارَامَا بِالقِطَار.

More words from the root و د ي

Guadalajara

city in Castilla-La Mancha; also Mexico's second city, which took its name from the Spanish one · ciudad de Castilla-La Mancha; también la segunda ciudad de México, que tomó el nombre de la española

Certain

وَادِي الحِجَارَةwādī al-ḥijāra

Places

Guadalmedina

river that runs through the city of Málaga · río que atraviesa la ciudad de Málaga

Certain

وَادِي المَدِينَةwādī al-madīna

Places

Guadalquivir

great river of Andalusia that flows through Córdoba and Seville · gran río de Andalucía que pasa por Córdoba y Sevilla

Certain

الوَادِي الكَبِيرal-wādī al-kabīr

Places

Guadalupe

town and monastery in Extremadura; its Virgin gave her name to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico · pueblo y monasterio de Extremadura; su Virgen dio nombre a la de Guadalupe de México

Disputed

وَادِيwādī

Places

Guadiana

river that rises in La Mancha and marks the border with Portugal · río que nace en La Mancha y marca la frontera con Portugal

Certain

وَادِي آنَةwādī āna

Places

Guadix

town in the province of Granada, famous for its cave houses · ciudad de la provincia de Granada, famosa por sus casas cueva

Certain

وَادِي آشwādī āsh