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

People

* Alcantara (surname)

Places

Algeria

* El Kantara, town and commune in Biskra province * El Kantara District, in Biskra province

Brazil

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

Chile

* The area near Alcántara metro station in northeastern Santiago

Cyprus

* Kantara Castle, in the Kyrenia mountains

Egypt

* El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya, city in the governorate of Shamal Sina, on the eastern side of the Suez Canal

Italy

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

Philippines

* Alcantara, Cebu, 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, Franciscan monastery in Lisbon

Spain

* , comarca (district) located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura ** Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura *** Alcántara Dam, in Tagus river near the town with the same name *** Alcántara Bridge, 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, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura ** Herrera de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura ** Mata de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura * Alcàntera de Xúquer (), municipality in the comarca of Ribera Alta, Valencian Community * San Pedro de Alcántara, town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia * San Vicente de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura

Venezuela

* Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality, municipality in Aragua state

Other uses

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, 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 (diminutive of Alcántara), a municipality in Murcia, Spain * Alcantarilha (diminutive of Alcântara), a parish in Portugal {{disambiguation, geo, ship