# Guadalajara

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌɡwɑːdələˈhɑːɹə/ · frequency rank #38,422

## Definitions
1. A province of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Capital: Guadalajara.
2. A city, the capital of Guadalajara, Spain.
3. A city, the capital of Jalisco, in central Mexico.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Guadalajara, from Arabic وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (wādī l-ḥijāra, literally “valley of stones”).
The city in Mexico was named after the city in Spain by conquistadores.

## Common misspellings (15)
`gaudalajara`, `gguadalajara`, `guaadlajara`, `guadaaljara`, `guadalaajra`, `guadalajaar`, `guadalajarra`, `guadalajjara`, `guadalajraa`, `guadaljaara`, `guadallajara`, `guaddalajara`, `guadlaajara`, `gudaalajara`, `ugadalajara`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/guadalajara