Where does “Alicante” come from?

Alicante derives from Spanish Alicante, from Andalusian Arabic اَللَقَنْت, from Latin Lucentum meaning "shining place," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lewk- meaning "to shine."

Alicante (English): a kind of wine grown from the Alicante province

Definitions

a kind of wine grown from the Alicante province

Ancestry of “Alicante”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	Alicante	—
2	Arabic	اَلقَنْت	—
3	Latin	Lucentum	now Alicante
4	Ancient Greek	λευκός	bright, shining, gleaming; light in color; white;...
5	Proto-Hellenic	*leukós	white

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *leukós →Every word from Ancient Greek λευκός →Every word from Latin Lucentum →