Alcalá

See also: Alcala, and Alcalà

Catalan

Alternative forms

• Alcalà

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Alcalá f

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

Derived terms

• alcalaí
• alcalaner

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkaˈla/ [al.kaˈla]

• Audio (Peru):

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

Proper noun

Alcalá f

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

Proper noun

Alcalá m or f by sense

1. 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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28