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Alacant.

Alicante (a province of the Valencian Community, Spain)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

name[ə.ləˈkan]Central, Northern[ə.ləˈkant]Balearic[a.laˈkant]Valencia[a.laˈkan]Northwestern

  1. Alicante (a province of the Valencian Community, Spain)

    masculine

  2. Alicante (the capital city of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

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