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Alghero.

Alghero (a city and port town in Sardinia, Italy)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

name/alˈɡɛ.ro/
  1. Alghero (a city and port town in Sardinia, Italy)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Unclear origin. Usually thought to derive from Medieval Latin Aleguerium (literally “stagnation of seaweed”) or Sardinian S'Alighèra, from aliga (“seaweed; rubbish”) + -era, but either way from Latin alga (“seaweed”), from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, slimy”).

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