Alcantara
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Translingual
Proper noun
Alcantara
- Synonym of Heterocoma (“flowering plant genus”)
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish Alcántara, from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara, “the bridge”).
Proper noun
Alcantara
- a surname from Spanish
- A municipality of Cebu
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara, “the bridge”).
Proper noun
Alcantara ?
- A river in Sicily
Further reading
Alcantara on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Alcántara, from Arabic القَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈkantaɾa/
- Rhymes: -antaɾa
- Syllabification: Al‧can‧ta‧ra
Proper noun
Alcántará (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜇ)
- a surname from Spanish
- A municipality of Cebu, Philippines
Related terms
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alcantara is the 35th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 111,620 individuals.