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Alcázar de San Juan

town in the province of Ciudad Real, in La Manchaciudad de la provincia de Ciudad Real, en La Mancha

Comes from Arabic

القَصْر

al-qaṣr

“the castle, the fortified palace”«el castillo, el palacio fortificado»

Arabic today says

القَصْر

al-qaṣr

And it still does

The article

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

Arabic itself had taken it from Latin.

The story

Alcázar is Arabic al-qaṣr, which in turn comes from Latin castrum ("fortified camp"): Latin came back to Spain disguised as Arabic. "San Juan" was added for the Order of Saint John, lord of the place.Alcázar es el árabe al-qaṣr, que a su vez viene del latín castrum («campamento fortificado»): el latín volvió a España disfrazado de árabe. «San Juan» se añadió por la Orden de San Juan, señora del lugar.

In a sentence

Alcázar de San Juan tiene una gran estación de tren.

Alcázar de San Juan has a large railway station.

في ألكاثار دي سان خوان مَحَطَّة قِطَارَات كَبِيرَة.

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