Alenquer
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Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain[1]:
- Tartessian Alan-kerk-kana;
- Germanic Alenen-kerk, Alano-kerk or Alan-kerk, meaning church, temple, castle or fortress of the Alans.
- Suevic Alankana;
- Arabic العَيْنُ الكِير (al-ʕaynu l-kīr, “blessed spring”);
- Arabic الحَاكِم (al-ḥākim, “the governor”).
- from Arabic ال (al-) + Latin iuncarium (“growth of rushes”), via Mozarabic .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alenquer
- A village in Portugal
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 271 (facsimile):
- Deſto direi un miragre que fez aqueſta ſennor. grande mui marauilloſo eno Rio Dazamor. que Morabe é chamado por lo Alcaide maẏor. dũa naue que ẏ era de Rei ſennor DAlenquer.
- Of this I will tell a miracle that the lady worked, great and wonderful, in the Azamor river, that is called Morabe by the major alcaide, of a ship which belonged to the King lord of Alenquer.
- Deſto direi un miragre que fez aqueſta ſennor. grande mui marauilloſo eno Rio Dazamor. que Morabe é chamado por lo Alcaide maẏor. dũa naue que ẏ era de Rei ſennor DAlenquer.
References
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Alenquer.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alenquer m
- A village and municipality of Lisbon district, Portugal