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Alicante
Alicante
See also: alicante
English
Proper noun
Alicante
- a province of Spain
- the capital city of the Alicante province
Translations
city in Spain
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic اَللَقَنْت (al-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.
Proper noun
Alicante
- Alicante (a province of the Valencian Community, Spain; capital: Alicante)
- Alicante (a city in Alicante, Spain)