What Does Cordoba Mean?

Cordoba has two meanings. On one side it means the basic unit of the currency of Nicaragua.

Cordoba also referred to the great mosque of Cordoba, a province Cordoba with its capital as Spain. It is located on the banks of Guadalquivir River. This place was occupied by the Romans in 152 BC. It became under Augustus, the capital of Roman province of Baetica. It was captured in 711 by Muslims after the decline of Visigoths in 8th century. After being conquered by the Muslims, it was headed by Abd al Rahman I of the Umayyad Family. This is when in 756, the great mosque of Cordoba, which still stands.

Under the Umayyad Dynasty, it became the place of a self-regulating emirate, which was later called as caliphate. The city was one of the greatest and wealthiest in Europe. This place was well renowned for the Muslim and the Jewish culture and accepted for its archaeological magnificence.