Alcalá

Alcalá (Spanish), Alcalà (Catalan), Alcala and the derivative Arcala^[1] are all transliterations of the Arabic word al-qal'a (القلعة), meaning "the citadel" or "fortification". Alcalá, Alcalà or Alcala may also refer to:

People

• Alcalá (surname)

Places

Colombia

• Alcalá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Philippines

• Alcala, Cagayan, a municipality in the Philippines
• Alcala, Pangasinan, a municipality in the Philippines

Spain

• Alcalá de Ebro, a town in Zaragoza, Spain
• Alcalá de Guadaira, a town in Seville, Spain
• Alcalá de Gurrea, a town in Huesca, Spain
• Alcalá de Henares, a city in Madrid
  • Comarca de Alcalá, a comarca (district) in Madrid, Spain
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Alcalá de Henares
• Alcalá del Júcar, a town in Albacete, Spain
• Alcalá de la Vega, a town in Cuenca, Spain
• Alcalá de los Gazules, a town in Cádiz, Spain
• Alcalá de Moncayo, a town in Zaragoza, Spain
• Alcalá del Río, a town in Seville, Spain
• Alcalá del Valle, a town in Cádiz, Spain
• Alcalà de Xivert, a town in Castellón, Spain
• Alcalá la Real, a town in Jaén, Spain
• Alcalá de la Selva, a town in Teruel, Spain
• La Vall d'Alcalà (Spanish: Vall de Alcalá), a valley in the Marina Alta region of Alicante, Spain
• Alcalá, Tenerife, a town on the west coast of Tenerife, Spain

Landmarks

• University of Alcalá, a university located in Alcalá de Henares
• Puerta de Alcalá, a monument in Madrid
• Calle de Alcalá, one of the main streets of Madrid
• Alcalá 20, the site of an infamous nightclub fire in 1983
• Alcalá (TransMilenio), a station of the TransMilenio system in Bogotá, Colombia
• Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first Spanish mission on the American Pacific Coast

Organizations

• CD Alcalá, a football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira
• RSD Alcalá, a football team based in Alcalá de Henares

See also

• Alcazaba (in Spanish), Portuguese: Alcaçova, Catalan: Alcassaba, from Arabic al-qaṣbah (القصبة), meaning "the walled-fortification (or citadel)"
• Alcazar (Alcázar, Alcácer, Alcàsser), from Arabic al qasr (القصر), meaning "the citadel (or fortification)"
• Alcantara (Alcántara, Alcântara, Alcàntara, Alcàntera, El-Qantarah, El Kantara), from Arabic al qantara (القنطرة), meaning "the bridge"

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