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Andalusia in Spain is named after them, as from a Moorish/Arabic perspective it was ‘Al Andalus’: the Land of the Vandals (the invaders having crossed from there to Africa).

Andalusia in Spain is named after them, as from a Moorish/Arabic perspective it was ‘Al Andalus’: the Land of the Vandals (the invaders having crossed from there to Africa).

The association between vandals and monument destruction originated in a poem written by [[John Dryden]] in 1694: ''Till Goths, and Vandals, a rude Northern race, Did all the matchless Monuments deface.''<ref>Dryden, John, "To Sir Godfrey Kneller" (1694)</ref>

The English word vandal is derived from Latin ''Vandalī''. The association between vandals and monument destruction originated in a poem written by [[John Dryden]] in 1694: ''Till Goths, and Vandals, a rude Northern race, Did all the matchless Monuments deface.''<ref>Dryden, John, "To Sir Godfrey Kneller" (1694)</ref> Merriam-Webster defines a vandal as, "one who willfully or ignorantly destroys, damages, or defaces property belonging to another or to the public."<ref>"[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vandal Vandal], Merriam-Webster.</ref>

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