Alacant

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.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ləˈkan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ləˈkant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.laˈkant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Alacant m

1. Alicante (a province of Valencia, Spain)
2. Alicante (the capital city of Alicante, Valencia, Spain)

• alacantí