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alcantara

Probably derived from Italian Alcantara (“river in Italy”) or possibly Spanish Alcántara, both from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara, “the bridge”). The reason for the derivation is unknown.

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1500

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