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1) Arabic fortification
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An alcázar (lang, lang), alcácer (lang) or alcàsser (lang) is a type of castle in Spain and Portugal built by kings to live in. The term derives from the Arabic word القصر (trans. al-qasr) meaning `fort, castle or palace` while the Arabic word is possibly in turn derived from the Latin word `castrum`, meaning an army camp or fort. Many...
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• (n.) A fortress; also, a royal palace.
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(from the article `Segovia`) The Alcázar, mention of which was recorded as early as the 12th century, commands the city from the ledge above the river. It was the fortified ...
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(from the article `Toledo`) ...Dating from the early 16th century is the Hospital de Santa Cruz, designed by Enrique de Egas, restored and now used for the Provincial Museum of ...
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any of a class of fortified structures built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Spain. (The term is derived from the Arabic word al-qar, meaning ...
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Any one of several fortified palaces built by the Moors in Spain. The one in Toledo was defended by the Nationalists against the Republicans for 71 days in 1936 during the Spanish
Civil War. ...
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Al·ca'zar noun [ from Arabic
al the +
qacr (in plural) a castle.] A fortress; also, a royal palace.
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In architecture, an alcazar is a Spanish palace or fortress. The term originates from the Arabic term for a palace, al-qasr, and entered into architectural terminology following the Christian conquest of Moorish Spain.
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n] - any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors
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noun any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors
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the palace of the Moorish kings in Seville, Spain: later used by Spanish kings. · (l.c.) a castle or fortress of the Spanish Moors.
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