Alcantara

See also: alcantara, alcántara, Alcántara, Alcàntara, and Alcântara

Translingual

Proper noun

Alcantara

1. Synonym of Heterocoma (“flowering plant genus”)

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Alcántara, from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara, “the bridge”).

Proper noun

Alcantara

1. a surname from Spanish
2. A municipality of Cebu, Philippines

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara, “the bridge”).

Proper noun

Alcantara ?

1. A river in Sicily, Italy

Further reading

• Alcantara on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Alcántara, from Arabic القَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈkantaɾa/ [ʔɐlˌkan̪.t̪ɐˈɾa]
• Rhymes: -antaɾa
• Syllabification: Al‧can‧ta‧ra

Proper noun

Alcántará (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜇ)

1. a surname from Spanish
2. A municipality of Cebu, Philippines

Related terms

• alkantarilya

 

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alcantara is the 35th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 111,620 individuals.