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): (Valencian) [al.kaˈla]
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: Al‧ca‧lá

Proper noun

Alcalá f

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): (file)
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: Al‧ca‧lá

Proper noun

Alcalá f

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

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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