Alcazar
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any Moorish fortress in Spain.
"But most eloquent of all were the stories passed down to her - highly decorated items which Harriet embellished even further in her resolute myth of the enchanted alcazar, the fairy chateau that never was."
- 2 any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors wordnet
- 1 A surname from Spanish.
Example
More examples"But most eloquent of all were the stories passed down to her - highly decorated items which Harriet embellished even further in her resolute myth of the enchanted alcazar, the fairy chateau that never was."
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alcázar, from Arabic الْقَصْر (al-qaṣr). Doublet of castle.
From Spanish Alcázar, from alcázar, from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”). Cognate with castle.
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