alcurnia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• alcuña (obsolete)

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic *الكنیه (al-kúnya), from Arabic كُنْيَة (kunya, “kunya”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈkuɾnja/ [alˈkuɾ.nja]
• Rhymes: -uɾnja
• Syllabification: al‧cur‧nia

Noun

alcurnia f (plural alcurnias)

1. lineage, blood

   Synonym: estirpe

Further reading

• “alcurnia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014