Alicante

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Spanish Alicante.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌælɪˈkænti/, (dated) /ˌælɪˈkænt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑləˈkɑnteɪ/

Proper noun

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Alicante

  1. A province of Valencia, Spain.
  2. A city, the capital of the province of Alicante, Spain.
  3. a kind of wine grown from the Alicante province.

Translations

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Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Spanish Alicante, from Arabic اَلقَنْت (al-qant) or لَقَنْت (laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Leukante (Local Latin), ultimately from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, white, bright).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: A‧li‧can‧te

Proper noun

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Alicante

  1. a surname

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: A‧li‧can‧te

Proper noun

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Alicante

  1. Alicante (a province and city in Valencia, Spain)

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Arabic اَلقَنْت (al-qant) or لَقَنْت (laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Leukante (Local Latin), ultimately from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, white, bright). Originally named Ἄκρα Λευκή (Ákra Leukḗ) or Λευκή Ἄκρα (Leukḗ Ákra, white summit) by Phocaean Greeks.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aliˈkante/ [a.liˈkãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: A‧li‧can‧te

Proper noun

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Alicante ?

  1. Alicante (a province of Valencia, Spain; capital: Alicante)
  2. Alicante (a city in Alicante, Spain)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Cebuano: Alicante
  • English: Alicante
  • Tagalog: Alicante

Further reading

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Alicante, from Arabic اَلقَنْت (al-qant) or لَقَنْت (laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Vulgar Latin Leukante, ultimately from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, white, bright).

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Proper noun

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Alicante (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

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  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alicante is the 3,258th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 3,931 individuals.