Alcazar

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Alcazar, Alcázar (Spanish), Alcácer (Portuguese), Alcàsser (Catalan), are all transliterations of the Arabic word al qasr (القصر), meaning "the castle", "palace" or "fortress". It may refer to:

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[edit] Landmarks

Landmarks not related to Spain

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[edit] Fictional characters

  • General Alcazar, the name of a character featured in many of the Tintin comic books

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[edit] Wars

  • Siege of the Alcázar of Toledo, in the Spanish Civil War
    • El Alcázar, name derived from the above - a newspaper that expressed the views of the búnker, the extreme right that opposed any democratization, during the Spanish transition to democracy

[edit] Cognate names

  • Alcocer (derives from a diminutive of alcázar), a municipality in Castile-La Mancha, Spain
  • Alcocer de Planes (Valencian: Alcosser de Planes), a municipality in Valencia, Spain
  • Alcossebre, a town located in the municipality of Alcalà de Xivert, in Valencia, Spain
  • Alcazarquivir is the Spanish name of Ksar el-Kebir, location of the battle of Al Kasr al Kebir
  • Alcácer-Quibir is the Portuguese name of Kasr el-Kebir, location of the battle of Al Kasr al Kebir

[edit] See also

  • Alcazaba (in Spanish), Portuguese: Alcaçova, Catalan: Alcassaba, from Arabic al-qaṣbah (القصبة), meaning "the walled-fortification (or citadel)"
  • Alcalá (also Alcala or Alcalà), from Arabic al qal'a (القلعة) meaning "the citadel (or fortification)"
  • Alcantara (Alcántara, Alcântara, Alcàntara, Alcàntera, El-Qantarah, El Kantara), from Arabic al qantara (القنطرة), meaning "the bridge"