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Etymology · Arabic

الْغَطَّاس

2 English words descend from Arabic الْغَطَّاس, most common first.

albatrossAny of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
AlcatrazAn island in San Francisco Bay California, United States, formerly the site of a famous prison; in full, Alcatraz Island.