Alcalá

• Alcalà

Borrowed from Spanish Alcalá, from Arabic القَلْعَة (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əl.kəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [al.kaˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: Al‧ca‧lá

Alcalá f

1. the name of a number of cities and towns in Spain

• alcalaí
• alcalaner

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَلْعَة (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”).

• IPA^(key): /alkaˈla/ [al.kaˈla]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: Al‧ca‧lá

Alcalá f

1. the name of a number of cities and towns in Spain
   1. ellipsis of Alcalá de Henares

Alcalá m or f by sense

1. a surname from Arabic

• → Catalan: Alcalá, Alcalà
• → English: Alcala
• → Ilocano: Alcala
• → Tagalog: Alcala

• “Alcalá”, 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