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alcaide.

alcaide (commander of a province or fortress)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/awˈkaj.d͡ʒi/Brazil[aʊ̯ˈkaɪ̯.d͡ʒi]Brazil/alˈkaj.dɨ/Portugal[aɫˈkaj.ðɨ]Portugal
  1. alcaide (commander of a province or fortress)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alcaide, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “the leader”).

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