Alacant

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.ləˈkant/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ə.ləˈkan/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.laˈkant/
  • Rhymes: -ant

Etymology

From Arabic اَللَقَنْت (al-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.

Proper noun

Alacant m

  1. Alicante, city and capital of the province with the same name and capital of the Alacantí district
  2. Province of the Valencian Community (Spain)
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