alfoz
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Andalusian Arabic الحَوْز (al-ḥáwz), from Arabic حَوْز (ḥawz, literally “possession”), formed as a verbal noun of حَازَ (ḥāza).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /alˈfoθ/ [alˈfoθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alˈfos/ [alˈfos]
- Rhymes: -oθ
- Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: al‧foz
Noun
[edit]alfoz m or (obsolete) f (plural alfoces)
- (historical) during the Middle Ages, the rural territory belonging to a corresponding town
Further reading
[edit]- “alfoz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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