Alacant
Catalan
Etymology
From Arabic اَللَقَنْت (al-laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Vulgar Latin Leukante, ultimately from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, bright”). Originally named Ἄκρα Λευκή (Ákra Leukḗ) or Λευκή Ἄκρα (Leukḗ Ákra, “white summit”) by Phocaean Greeks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.ləˈkan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.ləˈkant]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.laˈkant]
- Rhymes: -ant
Proper noun
Alacant m
- Alicante, city and capital of the province with the same name and capital of the Alacantí district
- Province of the Valencian Community (Spain)
Related terms
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- Catalan terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Rhymes:Catalan/ant
- Rhymes:Catalan/ant/3 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Cities in Spain
- ca:Provinces of Spain