Alicante

See also: alicante

English

Alternative forms

• (type of wine): alicant (archaic), aligant (archaic), allegant (archaic), alligant (archaic)

Etymology

From Spanish Alicante.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌælɪˈkænti/, (dated) /ˌælɪˈkænt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑləˈkɑnteɪ/

Proper noun

Alicante

1. A province of the Valencian Community, Spain.
2. A city, the capital of the province of Alicante, Spain.
3. a kind of wine grown from the Alicante province.
4. A barangay of Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, Philippines

   Coordinate terms: Alacaygan, Alicante, Batea, Canlusong, Consing, Cudangdang, Damgo, Gahit, Latasan, Madalag, Manta-angan, Nanca, Pasil, Poblacion I, Poblacion II, Poblacion III, San Isidro, San Jose, Santo Niño, Tabigue, Tanza, Tomongtong, Tuburan — barangays of Enrique B. Magalona

Translations

city in Spain

• Arabic: الْقَنْت (al-qant), لَقَنْت (laqant)

  Hijazi Arabic: القنت f (al-gant), لقنت f (lagant)

• Bulgarian: Алика́нте (Alikánte)
• Catalan: Alacant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿利坎特 (zh) (Ālìkǎntè)

• French: Alicante (fr)
• Galician: Alacant (gl)
• Hindi: अलिकंते (alikante)
• Italian: Alicante
• Marathi: आलिकांते (ālikānte)
• Polish: Alicante (pl) n
• Portuguese: Alicante f
• Spanish: Alicante (es)

Anagrams

• analcite, Anticlea, laitance

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Alicante, from Arabic اَلقَنْت (al-qant) or لَقَنْت (laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Leukante (Local Latin), ultimately from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, bright”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: A‧li‧can‧te

Proper noun

Alicante

1. a surname

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈkɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.liˈkɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: A‧li‧can‧te

Proper noun

Alicante

1. Alicante (a province and city in the Valencian Community, Spain)

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلقَنْت (al-qant) or لَقَنْت (laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Leukante (Local Latin), 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

• IPA^(key): /aliˈkante/ [a.liˈkãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: A‧li‧can‧te

Proper noun

Alicante ?

1. Alicante (a province of the Valencian Community, Spain; capital: Alicante)
2. Alicante (a city in Alicante, Spain)

Derived terms

• alicantino

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Alicante
• → Chinese: 阿利坎特 (Ālìkǎntè) (transliteration)
• → English: Alicante
• → Tagalog: Alicante

Further reading

• “Alicante”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Alicante, from Arabic اَلقَنْت (al-qant) or لَقَنْت (laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Vulgar Latin Leukante, ultimately from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, bright”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaliˈkante/ [ʔɐ.lɪˈxan̪.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: A‧li‧can‧te

Proper noun

Alicante (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alicante is the 3,258th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 3,931 individuals.