Alcalá
See also: Alcala and Alcalà
Catalan
Alternative forms
- Alcalà
Etymology
From Spanish Alcalá, from Arabic القَلْعَة (al-qalʿa, “the citadel, the fort”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əl.kəˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /al.kaˈla/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: Al‧ca‧lá
Proper noun
Alcalá f
- The name of a number of cities and towns in Spain.
Derived terms
- alcalaí
- alcalaner
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic الْقَلْعَة (al-qalʿa, “the citadel, the fort”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkaˈla/ [al.kaˈla]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: Al‧ca‧lá
Proper noun
Alcalá m or f
- (in the feminine) The name of a number of cities and towns in Spain.
- Short for Alcalá de Henares.
- a surname from Arabic
Derived terms
- alcalaíno
Descendants
- → Catalan: Alcalá, Alcalà
- → English: Alcala
- → Ilocano: Alcala
- → Tagalog: Alcala
Further reading
- “Alcalá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014