valencia
n. C / Un. a large city on the coast of Spain, or a type of sweet orange often used for making juice. You might visit the city for its famous festivals or buy the oranges at a supermarket.
n. a major port city in eastern Spain; also refers to a specific variety of sweet orange widely cultivated for juice production. When referring to the city, it is a proper noun and always capitalised.
We spent our summer holiday in Valencia.
The chef prefers using Valencia oranges because their high juice content and sweetness are perfect for the dessert sauce.
While the city of Valencia is renowned for its futuristic architecture and traditional festivals, the surrounding region is equally famous for the vast citrus groves that supply markets globally.
From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigour”). Doublet of Valence.
Proper noun when referring to the city; countable when referring to the specific variety of orange.