"Alacant" meaning in Catalan

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Proper name

IPA: [ə.ləˈkan] [Central], [ə.ləˈkant] [Balearic], [a.laˈkant] [Valencian]
Rhymes: -ant Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ca|ar|اَلقَنْت|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic ⁧اَلقَنْت⁩ (al-qant), {{bor+|ca|ar|اَلقَنْت}} Borrowed from Arabic ⁧اَلقَنْت⁩ (al-qant), {{m|ar|لَقَنْت}} ⁧لَقَنْت⁩ (laqant), {{der|ca|la|Lucentum}} Latin Lucentum, {{der|ca|VL.|Leukante}} Vulgar Latin Leukante, {{der|ca|grc|λευκός||white, bright}} Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, bright”), {{m|grc|Ἄκρα Λευκή}} Ἄκρα Λευκή (Ákra Leukḗ), {{m|grc|Λευκή Ἄκρα|t=white summit}} Λευκή Ἄκρα (Leukḗ Ákra, “white summit”) Head templates: {{ca-proper noun|m}} Alacant m
  1. Alicante (a province of Valencia, Spain) Tags: masculine Categories (place): Places in Spain, Places in Valencia, Provinces of Spain
    Sense id: en-Alacant-ca-name-1VOPNtrr
  2. Alicante (the capital city of Alicante, Valencia, Spain) Tags: masculine Categories (place): Cities in Spain, Cities in Valencia, Places in Spain, Places in Valencia, Provincial capitals
    Sense id: en-Alacant-ca-name-fugfA5zv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: alacantí

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