Albuquerque

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1. Spanish · borrowed fromAlburquerque
2. Spanish · borrowed fromAlbuquerque
3. English todayAlbuquerque

Borrowed from Spanish Albuquerque, from Latin albus (“white”) + quercus (“oak”) (white oak). Compare translingual Quercus alba. * (New Mexico): Borrowed from Spanish Alburquerque (a town in Spain), named after Spanish viceroy Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque (1619–1676).