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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from Spanish.

Example

More examples

"Antonio Alcala has spent over a decade creating a single postage stamp."

Etymology

From Spanish Alcalá, from Arabic القَلْعة (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”).

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