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< Alcalá de Henares
Alcamo >
al·cal·de
(
l-käl
d
, äl-käl
d
)
KEY
NOUN:
The mayor or chief judicial official of a Spanish town.
ETYMOLOGY:
Spanish, from Arabic
al-q
:
al-
,
the
+
q
,
judge
, active participle of
qa
,
to judge
; see
q
y
in Semitic roots
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