Alcalá

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === Alcalà === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Alcalá, from Arabic القَلْعَة (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əl.kəˈla] IPA(key): (Valencia) [al.kaˈla] Rhymes: -a Hyphenation: Al‧ca‧lá === Proper noun === Alcalá f the name of a number of cities and towns in Spain ==== Derived terms ==== alcalaí alcalaner == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic الْقَلْعَة (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”). Doublet of Alcalatén, which was borrowed from the dual form الْقَلْعَتَيْن (al-qalʕatayn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alkaˈla/ [al.kaˈla] Rhymes: -a Syllabification: Al‧ca‧lá === Proper noun === Alcalá f the name of a number of cities and towns in Spain ellipsis of Alcalá de Henares === Proper noun === Alcalá m or f by sense a surname from Arabic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: Alcalá, Alcalà → English: Alcala → Ilocano: Alcala → Tagalog: Alcala === Further reading === “Alcalá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025