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Meaning 1
A palace in Granada, Spain; historically a royal palace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Alhambra
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ælˈhæmbɹə/
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General-American: /ɑlˈhɑmbɹə/
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General-American: /ælˈhæmbɹə/
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CMU ARPABET: AE0 L HH AE1 M B R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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noun
Meaning 3
A solitaire card game played with two decks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fortress, fort, palace
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Alhambra, from Arabic الْحَمْرَاء (al-ḥamrāʔ, “the red (fortress)”).
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قَصْرُ ٱلْحَمْرَاء (qaṣru l-ḥamrāʔ) — palace in Granada, Spain
- Arabic: قصر الحمرا (gaṣr al-ḥamra) — palace in Granada, Spain
- Bengali: আলহামরা (alhamra) — palace in Granada, Spain
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿爾罕布拉宮 /阿尔罕布拉宫 — palace in Granada, Spain
- Portuguese: Alhambra f or Alambra — palace in Granada, Spain
- Spanish: Alhambra — palace in Granada, Spain
- Turkish: El-Hamra Sarayı — palace in Granada, Spain
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