During the time of
Sharq al-Andalus
Sharq or Sharqi, from Arabic and Persian 'East', may refer to:
Places
* Sharq, Iran
*Sharqi, Iran
*Sharqi Rural District, Iran
* Sharq, Kuwait
Other uses
* Sharq (TV channel), Afghanistan
* ''Sharq'' (magazine), a 1924–1932 Persian literary ...
a real (from the
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
''Riyad'') was a kind of
orchard
An orchard is an intentional plantation of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit- or nut-producing trees which are generally grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of ...
or
garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate bot ...
, with some kind of building as summer residence that used to belong to a member of Andalusian urban oligarchy, located around the cities or large farmhouses.
In this sense, in other areas of
Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus translit. ; an, al-Andalus; ast, al-Ándalus; eu, al-Andalus; ber, ⴰⵏⴷⴰⵍⵓⵙ, label= Berber, translit=Andalus; ca, al-Àndalus; gl, al-Andalus; oc, Al Andalús; pt, al-Ândalus; es, al-Ándalus () was the M ...
it is also used the word
Almunia. An example would be
Real Palace
The now vanished Del Real Palace or Royal Palace (in Valencian language, Valencian, ''Palau del Real''; in Spanish language, Spanish, ''Palacio del Real'') was the former residence of the List of Valencian monarchs, kings of Valencia in the «Cap ...
of
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...
, although the term '' Real '' continues within the
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
to
Arabism, present in many place names like
Secar de la Real in
Palma de Mallorca
Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca ...
, the
Montroy and
Real de Gandia
El Real de Gandia (, es, Real de Gandía) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Safor in the Valencian Community, Spain.
Transport
The only way to arrive Real de Gandía is with line 1 of La Marina Gandiense, which connects the village w ...
, or the same
Pla del Real in Valencia. It is very common to confuse etymology with a derivative of ''royal'' or relating to the king, which is more explicit in the case of the Real Palace as it was royal residence.
Etimología Real en catalán.
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References
Culture of Al-Andalus
Palaces in Spain
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