alcouce

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Galician

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Etymology

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From a metathesis of Arabic اَلسُّوق (as-sūq, the market, the souq).[1] Doublet of azougue.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alcouce m (plural alcouces)

  1. small sheltered square in a hamlet or village
  2. brothel

References

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  1. ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “alcouce”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN