Alcantara

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

Translingual

Proper noun

Alcantara

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

English

Proper noun

Alcantara

1. A municipality of Cebu, Philippines.

   Coordinate terms: Alcantara, Alcoy, Alegria, Aloguinsan, Argao, Asturias, Badian, Balamban, Bantayan, Barili, Bogo, Boljoon, Borbon, Carcar, Carmen, Catmon, Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Daanbantayan, Dalaguete, Danao, Dumanjug, Ginatilan, Liloan, Madridejos, Malabuyoc, Medellin, Minglanilla, Moalboal, Naga, Oslob, Pilar, Pinamungajan, Poro, Ronda, Samboan, San Fernando, San Francisco, San Remigio, Santa Fe, Santander, Sibonga, Sogod, Tabogon, Tabuelan, Talisay, Toledo, Tuburan, Tudela — cities and municipalities of Cebu

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.