Alcalá

See also: Alcala and Alcalà

Catalan

Alternative forms

Alcalà

Etymology

From Spanish Alcalá, from Arabic القَلْعَة‎ (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əl.kəˈla/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /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

From Arabic الْقَلْعَة‎ (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alkaˈla/ [al.kaˈla]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: Al‧ca‧lá

Proper noun

Alcalá m or f

(in the feminine) The name of a number of cities and towns in Spain.
1. Short for Alcalá de Henares.
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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