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Where does “Alicante” come from?

Alicante (Cebuano) comes from Spanish Alicante, from Arabic اَلقَنْت, from Latin Lucentum, from Ancient Greek λευκός, from Proto-Hellenic *leukós.

Ancestry of “Alicante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishAlicante—
2Arabicاَلقَنْت—
3LatinLucentum—
4Ancient Greekλευκόςbright, shining, gleaming; light in color; white;...
5Proto-Hellenic*leukós—
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