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See also: alcantara, alcántara, Alcántara, Alcàntara, and Alcântara

Translingual

Proper noun

Alcantara

  1. synonym of Heterocoma (“flowering plant genus”)

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Spanish Alcántara

Proper noun

Alcantara (countable and uncountable, plural Alcantaras)

  1. A municipality of Cebu, Philippines.
    Coordinate terms: Alcantara, Alcoy, Alegria, Aloguinsan, Argao, Asturias, Badian, Balamban, Bantayan, Barili, Bogo, Boljoon, Borbon, Carcar, Carmen, Catmon, Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Daanbantayan, Dalaguete, Danao, Dumanjug, Ginatilan, Liloan, Madridejos, Malabuyoc, Medellin, Minglanilla, Moalboal, Naga, Oslob, Pilar, Pinamungajan, Poro, Ronda, Samboan, San Fernando, San Francisco, San Remigio, Santa Fe, Santander, Sibonga, Sogod, Tabogon, Tabuelan, Talisay, Toledo, Tuburan, Tudela — cities and municipalities of Cebu
  2. A municipality of Spain
  3. A surname from Spanish

Translations

Cebuano

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Etymology

From Spanish Alcántara, from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara, “the bridge”).

Proper noun

Alcantara

  1. a surname from Spanish
  2. a municipality of Cebu, Philippines

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara, “the bridge”).

Proper noun

Alcantara ?

  1. a river in Sicily, Italy

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Alcántara, from alcántara, from Arabic القَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Alcántará (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜇ)

  1. a surname from Spanish
  2. a municipality of Cebu, Philippines

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alcantara is the 35th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 111,620 individuals.

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