Alcántara
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara, “the bridge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈkantaɾa/ [alˈkãn̪.t̪a.ɾa]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -antaɾa
- Syllabification: Al‧cán‧ta‧ra
Proper noun
Alcántara f
- Alcántara (a municipality of Spain)
Derived terms
- Alcántar
Proper noun
Alcántara m or f by sense
- a surname from placenames
Related terms
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “Alcántara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024