alcanzia

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === alcancia (Rio Grande do Sul) === Etymology === Derived from Arabic كَنْز (kanz), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Spanish alcancía. === Pronunciation === === Noun === alcanzia f (plural alcanzias) (historical) a small earthen ball filled with flowers, ashes and colourful strips thrown by horsemen at each other during jousts (historical) an earthen grenade === Further reading === “alcanzia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alcanzia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026