The story
- Arabic · derived fromالْغَطَّاس“the diver”
- Spanish · borrowed fromIsla de los Alcatraces“island of gannets”
- English todayAlcatraz
From Spanish Isla de los Alcatraces (“island of gannets”), from Arabic الْغَطَّاس (al-ḡaṭṭās, “the diver”); named by Juan Manuel de Ayala, an explorer of San Francisco Bay.
Words from the same roots
Arabicالْغَطَّاس all →
albatross
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.