Alcalá
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Alcalá (Spanish), Alcalà (Catalan), Alcala and the derivative Arcala[1] are all transliterations of the Arabic word al-qal'a (القلعة), meaning "the citadel" or "fortification". Alcalá, Alcalà or Alcala may also refer to:
People
Places
Colombia
- Alcalá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Philippines
- Alcala, Cagayan, a municipality in the Philippines
- Alcala, Pangasinan, a municipality in the Philippines
Spain
- Alcalá de Ebro, a town in Zaragoza, Spain
- Alcalá de Guadaira, a town in Seville, Spain
- Alcalá de Gurrea, a town in Huesca, Spain
- Alcalá de Henares, a city in Madrid
- Comarca de Alcalá, a comarca (district) in Madrid, Spain
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Alcalá de Henares
- Alcalá del Júcar, a town in Albacete, Spain
- Alcalá de la Vega, a town in Cuenca, Spain
- Alcalá de los Gazules, a town in Cádiz, Spain
- Alcalá de Moncayo, a town in Zaragoza, Spain
- Alcalá del Río, a town in Seville, Spain
- Alcalá del Valle, a town in Cádiz, Spain
- Alcalà de Xivert, a town in Castellón, Spain
- Alcalá la Real, a town in Jaén, Spain
- Alcalá de la Selva, a town in Teruel, Spain
- La Vall d'Alcalà (Spanish: Vall de Alcalá), a valley in the Marina Alta region of Alicante, Spain
- Alcalá, Tenerife, a town on the west coast of Tenerife, Spain
Landmarks
- University of Alcalá, a university located in Alcalá de Henares
- Puerta de Alcalá, a monument in Madrid
- Calle de Alcalá, one of the main streets of Madrid
- Alcalá 20, the site of an infamous nightclub fire in 1983
- Alcalá (TransMilenio), a station of the TransMilenio system in Bogotá, Colombia
- Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first Spanish mission on the American Pacific Coast
Organizations
- CD Alcalá, a football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira
- RSD Alcalá, a football team based in Alcalá de Henares
See also
- Alcazaba (in Spanish), Portuguese: Alcaçova, Catalan: Alcassaba, from Arabic al-qaṣbah (القصبة), meaning "the walled-fortification (or citadel)"
- Alcazar (Alcázar, Alcácer, Alcàsser), from Arabic al qasr (القصر), meaning "the citadel (or fortification)"
- Alcantara (Alcántara, Alcântara, Alcàntara, Alcàntera, El-Qantarah, El Kantara), from Arabic al qantara (القنطرة), meaning "the bridge"
References
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