Alcantara, Alcântara (
Portuguese), Alcántara (
Spanish), Alcàntara, Alcàntera, El-Qantarah and (El) Kantara are all transliterations of the
Arabic word ''al qantara'' (القنطرة), meaning "the bridge".
Alcantara may refer to:
People
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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".
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Places
Algeria
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El Kantara, town and commune in Biskra province
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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
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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
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Alcântara Launch Center, Maranhão, satellite launch center
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Alcântara River, Rio de Janeiro state
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Barra d'Alcântara
Barra d'Alcântara is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil.
See also
*List of municipalities in Piauí
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Piauí (PI), located in the Northeast Region of ...
, municipality in the state of Piauí
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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
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São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, municipality
Chile
* The area near
Alcántara metro station in northeastern Santiago
Cyprus
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Kantara Castle, in the Kyrenia mountains
Egypt
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El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya, city in the governorate of Shamal Sina, on the eastern side of the Suez Canal
Italy
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Alcantara (river) (''Alcàntara'' in Sicilian), a river of Sicily
Philippines
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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. ...
, municipality in the province of Cebu
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Alcantara, Romblon, municipality in the province of Romblon
Portugal
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Alcântara, Lisbon, civil parish of Lisbon
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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
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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
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Alcántara Dam, in Tagus river near the town with the same name
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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
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Valencia de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
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Santiago de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
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Herrera de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
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Mata de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
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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
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San Pedro de Alcántara, town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia
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San Vicente de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura
Venezuela
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Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality, municipality in Aragua state
Other uses
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Alcantara (material), covering material manufactured by Alcantara SpA, Italy
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''Alcantara'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae
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Battle of Alcantara (disambiguation) Battle of Alcantara may refer to:
* Battle of Alcântara (1580), during the Portuguese dynastic crisis of the 16th century
* Battle of Alcántara (1706), between British and French forces during the War of the Spanish Succession
* Battle of Alcán ...
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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
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Alcantarilla (diminutive of Alcántara), a municipality in Murcia, Spain
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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
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