Spanish

Proper noun

arca de la Alianza f

1. Ark of the Covenant

Alternative forms

• arca de la alianza

Usage notes

• The feminine noun arca de la Alianza is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el arca de la Alianza

• However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.