alfoz

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الحَوْز (al-ḥáwz), from Arabic حَوْز (ḥawz, literally “possession”), formed as a verbal noun of حَازَ (ḥāza).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alˈfoθ/ [alˈfoθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alˈfos/ [alˈfos]
• Rhymes: -oθ
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: al‧foz

Noun

alfoz m or (obsolete) f (plural alfoces)

1. (historical) during the Middle Ages, the rural territory belonging to a corresponding town

Further reading

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