alicantino

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish Alicante

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Spanish -ino

Spanish alicantino

From Alicante + -ino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alikanˈtino/ [a.li.kãn̪ˈt̪i.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: a‧li‧can‧ti‧no

Adjective

alicantino (feminine alicantina, masculine plural alicantinos, feminine plural alicantinas)

1. of, from or relating to the city of Alicante or surrounding province, Valencia, Spain

Noun

alicantino m (plural alicantinos, feminine alicantina, feminine plural alicantinas)

1. native or inhabitant of the city of Alicante or surrounding province, Valencia, Spain (usually male)

Further reading

• “alicantino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025