Alghero

//ɑlˈɡɛɹoʊ// name

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  1. 1
    A city and port town in the province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Alghero, of unclear origin. Usually thought to derive from Medieval Latin Aleguerium (literally “stagnation of seaweed”) or Sardinian S'Alighèra, from aliga (“seaweed; rubbish”) + -era, but either way from Latin alga (“seaweed”), from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, slimy”).

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