reconquistan.

Brit.

/ˌreɪkɒnˈkiːstə/,

/ˌriːkɒnˈkwɪstə/, U.S.

/ˌreɪkɑnˈkistə/,

/ˌrikənˈkwɪstə/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish reconquista.

Etymology: < Spanish reconquista reconquest (18th cent. or earlier; applied specifical to the gradual reconquest of Islamic Spain by successive Christian rulers between the 8th cent. and the end of the 15th) < reconquistar to reconquer < re- re- prefix + conquistar conquer v. Compare earlier reconquest n.

A reclamation of territory, power, etc., likened to the reconquest of Islamic Spain.

ΚΠ

1976 Columbus (Nebraska) Telegram 23 Dec. 4/5 The U.S. seized by force large sections of the Southwest and West from the Spanish empire. Now a kind of reconquista seems to be taking place.

1986 Euromoney July 105 The presence in Spain of its foreign rivals causes some Spanish bankers to long for a Reconquista.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Sept. 10/4 London is in the grip of a colonial reconquista, ‘repeopled’ by blacks, Arabs and Muslims.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reconquista
释义	reconquistan. Brit. /ˌreɪkɒnˈkiːstə/, /ˌriːkɒnˈkwɪstə/, U.S. /ˌreɪkɑnˈkistə/, /ˌrikənˈkwɪstə/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish reconquista. Etymology: < Spanish reconquista reconquest (18th cent. or earlier; applied specifical to the gradual reconquest of Islamic Spain by successive Christian rulers between the 8th cent. and the end of the 15th) < reconquistar to reconquer < re- re- prefix + conquistar conquer v. Compare earlier reconquest n. A reclamation of territory, power, etc., likened to the reconquest of Islamic Spain. ΚΠ 1976 Columbus (Nebraska) Telegram 23 Dec. 4/5 The U.S. seized by force large sections of the Southwest and West from the Spanish empire. Now a kind of reconquista seems to be taking place. 1986 Euromoney July 105 The presence in Spain of its foreign rivals causes some Spanish bankers to long for a Reconquista. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Sept. 10/4 London is in the grip of a colonial reconquista, ‘repeopled’ by blacks, Arabs and Muslims. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1976
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