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Alcazar

//ˌælkəˈzɑɹ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Spanish.
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish alcázar, from Arabic الْقَصْر (al-qaṣr). Doublet of castle.

Etymology 2

From Spanish Alcázar, from alcázar, from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”). Cognate with castle.

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