Alcantara, Alcântara ( Portuguese), Alcántara ( Spanish), Alcàntara, Alcàntera, El-Qantarah and (El) Kantara are all transliterations of the

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

word ''al qantara'' (القنطرة), meaning "the bridge". Alcantara may refer to:

People

Alcantara (surname) Alcántara (Spanish), Alcàntara (Catalan), Alcântara (Portuguese), and Alcantara ( Sicilian) are surnames related to the Andalusian place name Alcántara, derived from Arabic for "the bridge". There are several related place names Alcantara, wi ...

Places

Algeria

El Kantara El Kantara ( ar, القنطرة, al qantara, the bridge) is a town and commune in Biskra Province, Algeria. The 1911 Baedeker travel guide described it as "one of the most important caravan-stations in E. Algeria." The town is well known for the ...

, town and commune in Biskra province *

El Kantara District El Kantara District is a district of Biskra Province, Algeria. Municipalities The district has 2 municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction a ...

, in Biskra province

Brazil

Alcântara, Maranhão Alcântara is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Maranhão. The city has a population of 22,112 (2020) and an area of 1458 km2. The municipality is 30 km away from the state's capital, São Luís. Founded by French explorers in th ...

, city in the state of Maranhão ** Alcântara Launch Center, Maranhão, satellite launch center * Alcântara River, Rio de Janeiro state * Barra d'Alcântara, municipality in the state of Piauí *

Dom Pedro de Alcântara Dom Pedro de Alcântara is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), located in the South Region ...

, municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul * São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, municipality

Chile

* The area near

Alcántara metro station Alcántara is an underground metro station on the Line 1 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The station was opened on 22 August 1980 as part of the extension of the line from Salvador Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catala ...

in northeastern Santiago

Cyprus

* Kantara Castle, in the Kyrenia mountains

Egypt

El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya El Qantara ( ar, القنطرة, al qantara, the bridge) is a northeastern Egyptian city on both sides of the Suez Canal, in the Egyptian governorate of Ismailia, northeast of Cairo and south of Port Said. The two parts of the city are connec ...

, city in the governorate of Shamal Sina, on the eastern side of the Suez Canal

Italy

Alcantara (river) The Alcantara ( scn, Alcàntara) is a river in Sicily, southern Italy. It has its source on the south side of Monti Nebrodi and its mouth in the Ionian Sea at Capo Schiso in Giardini-Naxos. The river is long. The name ''Alcantara'' is of Arabic ...

(''Alcàntara'' in Sicilian), a river of Sicily

Philippines

Alcantara, Cebu Alcantara, officially the Municipality of Alcantara ( ceb, Lungsod sa Alcantara; tgl, Bayan ng Alcantara), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 16,910 people. Al ...

, municipality in the province of Cebu * Alcantara, Romblon, municipality in the province of Romblon

Portugal

* Alcântara, Lisbon, civil parish of Lisbon *

São Pedro de Alcântara SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S. ...

, Franciscan monastery in Lisbon

Spain

* , comarca (district) located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura **

Alcántara Alcántara is a municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, on the Tagus, near Portugal. The toponym is from the Arabic word ''al-Qanṭarah'' (القنطرة) meaning "the bridge". History Archaeological findings have atteste ...

, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura *** Alcántara Dam, in Tagus river near the town with the same name ***

Alcántara Bridge The Alcántara Bridge (also known as Trajan's Bridge at Alcantara) is a Roman bridge at Alcántara, in Extremadura, Spain. Alcántara is from the Arabic word ''al-Qantarah'' (القنطرة) meaning "the arch". The stone arch bridge was buil ...

, Roman bridge over the Tagus river near the town with the same name ** Valencia de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura **

Santiago de Alcántara Santiago de Alcántara is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center ...

, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura ** Herrera de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura **

Mata de Alcántara Mata de Alcántara ( ext, La Mata) is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2005 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear res ...

, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura *

Alcàntera de Xúquer Alcàntera de Xúquer is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Ribera Alta in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourt ...

( es, links=no, Alcántara de Júcar), municipality in the comarca of Ribera Alta, Valencian Community * San Pedro de Alcántara, town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia *

San Vicente de Alcántara San Vicente de Alcántara () is a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its l ...

, municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura

Venezuela

Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality The Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the Venezuelan state of Aragua and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a p ...

, municipality in Aragua state

Other uses

* Alcantara (material), covering material manufactured by Alcantara SpA, Italy * ''Alcantara'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae * Battle of Alcantara (disambiguation) * Order of Alcántara, Spanish military order founded in the 12th century * , British ocean liner of Royal Mail Steam Packet Company * , British ocean liner of Royal Mail Lines

Cognate names

Alcantarilla Alcantarilla () is a town and municipality in southeastern Spain, in the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia. The town is only 7 km away from the capital of the region, the city of Murcia, and one of its peculiarities is that it is c ...

(diminutive of Alcántara), a municipality in Murcia, Spain *

Alcantarilha Alcantarilha () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Silves, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Alcantarilha e Pêra. With an area of the population of 2347 inhabitants (based on the 2001 census) is dispersed th ...

(diminutive of Alcântara), a parish in Portugal {{disambiguation, geo, ship