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Albacete

city and province in Castilla-La Manchaciudad y provincia de Castilla-La Mancha

Comes from Arabic

البَسِيط

al-basīṭ

“the plain”«la llanura»

Arabic today says

السَّهْل

as-sahl

Root

ب س ط

b-s-ṭ

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

A name that describes the landscape: the flat plateau of La Mancha. Today basīṭ mostly means "simple"; a plain is sahl.Un nombre que describe el paisaje: la meseta llana de La Mancha. Hoy basīṭ significa sobre todo «simple, sencillo»; la llanura es sahl.

In a sentence

Albacete es famosa por sus navajas.

Albacete is famous for its knives.

البَسِيط مَشْهُورَة بِسَكَاكِينِهَا.

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