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Calatayud

town in the province of Zaragozaciudad de la provincia de Zaragoza

Comes from Arabic

قَلْعَة أَيُّوب

qalʿat ayyūb

“the castle of Ayyūb (a personal name, the biblical Job; attributed to Ayyūb ibn Ḥabīb al-Lakhmī, governor of al-Andalus)”«el castillo de Ayyūb (nombre de persona, el bíblico Job; se atribuye a Ayyūb ibn Ḥabīb al-Lajmī, gobernador de al-Andalus)»

Arabic today says

قَلْعَة أَيُّوب

qalʿat ayyūb

And it still does

Root

ق ل ع

q-l-ʿ

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

Cala- is qalʿa without the article (compare Alcalá, with it). The -t- of qalʿat appears because it is joined to the name that follows.Cala- es qalʿa sin artículo (compárese Alcalá, con él). La -t- de qalʿat aparece porque va unida al nombre que sigue.

In a sentence

Calatayud está a medio camino entre Madrid y Zaragoza.

Calatayud is halfway between Madrid and Zaragoza.

تَقَع قَلْعَة أَيُّوب في مُنْتَصَف الطَّرِيق بَيْن مَدْرِيد وَسَرَقُسْطَة.

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