Alenquer

== Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Alanquer === Etymology === Uncertain: Tartessian Alan-kerk-kana; Germanic *Alenen-kerk, *Alano-kerk or *Alan-kerk, meaning church, temple, castle or fortress of the Alans. Suevic *Alankana; Arabic العَيْنُ الكِير (al-ʕaynu l-kīr, “blessed spring”); Arabic الحَاكِم (al-ḥākim, “the governor”). from Arabic ال (al-) + Latin iuncarium (“growth of rushes”), via Mozarabic [Term?]. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aleŋkɛɾ/ === Proper noun === Alenquer a village in Portugal Deſto direi un miragre que fez aqueſta ſennor. grande mui marauilloſo eno Rio Dazamor. que Morabe é chamado por lo Alcaide maẏor. dũa naue que ẏ era de Rei ſennor DAlenquer. Of this I will tell a miracle that the lady worked, great and wonderful, in the Azamor river, that is called Morabe by the major alcaide, of a ship which belonged to the King lord of Alenquer. === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese Alenquer. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: A‧len‧quer === Proper noun === Alenquer m a village and municipality of Lisbon district, Portugal ==== Related terms ==== alenquerense