alcazar

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UK/ˌalkəˈzɑː/US/ˌælkəˈzɑɹ/US/ælˈkɑzɚ/

noun

Any Moorish fortress in Spain.

OriginSpanish alcázar ← Arabic الْقَصْر →
UncommonScrabble 18
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Meanings

alcazar1

nounalcazar (plural alcazars)

plural alcazars

  1. Any Moorish fortress in Spain.

    But most eloquent of all were the stories passed down to her - highly decorated items which Harriet embellished even further in her resolute myth of the enchanted alcazar, the fairy chateau that never was.

    2002, Donna Tartt, The Little Friend, page 43

Alcazar2

proper nounAlcazar (plural Alcazars)

plural Alcazars

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Origin

alcazar · noun

  1. Arabicالْقَصْر
  2. Spanishalcázar
  3. Englishalcazar

Borrowed from Spanish alcázar, from Arabic الْقَصْر (al-qaṣr). Doublet of castle.

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Alcazar · proper noun

  1. Latincastrum“castle”
  2. Arabicاَلْقَصْر“the castle”
  3. SpanishAlcázar
  4. EnglishAlcazar

From Spanish Alcázar, from alcázar, from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”). Cognate with castle.

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Translations

Arabic قَصْر أَنْدَلُسِيّ
  • قَصْر أَنْدَلُسِيّ (qaṣr ʔandalusiyy)Moorish fortress in Spain
Basque alkazar
  • alkazarMoorish fortress in Spain
Catalan alcàsser
  • alcàsserMoorish fortress in Spain
Chinese Mandarin 摩爾人在西班牙建造的堡壘 /摩尔人在西班牙建造的堡垒
  • 摩爾人在西班牙建造的堡壘 /摩尔人在西班牙建造的堡垒 (mó'ěrrén zài Xībānyá jiànzào de bǎolěi)Moorish fortress in Spain
Esperanto alkazaro
  • alkazaroMoorish fortress in Spain
French alcazar
  • alcazarMoorish fortress in Spain
German Alkazar, Alcázar
  • AlkazarMoorish fortress in Spain
  • AlcázarMoorish fortress in Spain
Italian alcazar
  • alcazarMoorish fortress in Spain
Japanese アルカサル
  • アルカサル (arukasaru)Moorish fortress in Spain
Korean 알카사르
  • 알카사르 (alkasareu)Moorish fortress in Spain
Polish alkazar
  • alkazarMoorish fortress in Spain
Portuguese alcácer, alcáçar
  • alcácerMoorish fortress in Spain
  • alcáçarMoorish fortress in Spain
Romanian alcazar
  • alcazarMoorish fortress in Spain
Russian алькаса́р
  • алькаса́р (alʹkasár)Moorish fortress in Spain
Slovak alkazár
  • alkazárMoorish fortress in Spain
Spanish alcázar
  • alcázarMoorish fortress in Spain

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with alcazar

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Anagrams

Alcaraz
Cite this entry
APA

alcazar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcazar

MLA

“alcazar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcazar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alcazar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alcazar.

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