Alicante

See also: alicante

English

Alternative forms

• alicant (archaic)
• aligant (archaic)
• allegant (archaic)
• alligant (archaic)

Etymology

From Spanish Alicante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌælɪˈkænti/, (dated) /ˌælɪˈkænt/

• Audio (UK):

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• IPA^(key): /ˌɑləˈkɑnteɪ/

Proper noun

Alicante

1. A province of Valencia, Spain.
2. A city, the capital of the province of Alicante, Spain.
3. a kind of wine grown from the Alicante province.

Translations

city in Spain

• Arabic: الْلَقَنْت (al-laqant), لَقَنْت (laqant)

  Hijazi Arabic: اللقنت f (al-lagant), لقنت f (lagant)

• Catalan: Alacant (ca)
• French: Alicante (fr)
• Galician: Alacant (gl)
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• Italian: Alicante
• Portuguese: Alicante f
• Spanish: Alicante (es)

Anagrams

• analcite, laitance

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Alicante, from Arabic اَللَقَنْت (al-laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Leukante (Local Latin), ultimately from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, bright”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧can‧te

Proper noun

Alicante

1. a surname

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Alicante f

1. Alicante (a province and city in Valencia, Spain)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic اَللَقَنْت (al-laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Leukante (Local Latin), 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): /aliˈkante/ [a.liˈkãn̪.t̪e]

Proper noun

Alicante ?

1. Alicante (a province of Valencia, Spain; capital: Alicante)
2. Alicante (a city in Alicante, Spain)

Derived terms

• alicantino

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Alicante
• → English: Alicante
• → Tagalog: Alicante

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Alicante, of toponymic origin, from Andalusian Arabic اَللَقَنْت.

Proper noun

Alicante

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alicante is the 3,258th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 3,931 individuals.