[dghughes]

Ah yes I can see that it makes sense.

But I guess I was under the impression what was meant was a small area of southern Spain and its language was more heavily affected that loanwords. Perhaps structure too not just using words for items that didn't exist in the Old World.

[anthk]

Yes, they has been affected. It has more Arabic loanwords (in use) than the rest of Spain.

Such as "babuchas" for sneakers/slippers instead of zapatillas.

But of course lots of words from the New World's Native Trives arrived to Spain: poncho, chocolate, coyote, cacahuete...