Alcantara

Translingual

Proper noun

Alcantara

  1. Synonym of Heterocoma (“flowering plant genus”)

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Alcántara, from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة‎ (al-qanṭara, “the bridge”).

Proper noun

Alcantara

  1. a surname from Catalan
  2. A municipality of Cebu

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة‎ (al-qanṭara, “the bridge”).

Proper noun

Alcantara ?

  1. A river in Sicily

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Alcántara.

Proper noun

Alcantara (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜇ)

  1. a surname from Spanish
  2. A municipality of Cebu, Philippines.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alcantara is the 35th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 111,620 individuals.

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