Alacant
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic اَلقَنْت (al-qant) or لَقَنْت (laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Vulgar Latin Leukante, ultimately from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, bright”). Originally named Ἄκρα Λευκή (Ákra Leukḗ) or Λευκή Ἄκρα (Leukḗ Ákra, “white summit”) by Phocaean Greeks.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.ləˈkan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.ləˈkant]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [a.laˈkant]
- Rhymes: -ant
Proper noun edit
Alacant m