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Trafalgar

cape on the coast of Cádiz, site of the 1805 naval battlecabo de la costa de Cádiz, escenario de la batalla naval de 1805

Comes from Arabic

طَرَف الأَغَرّ

ṭaraf al-agharr

“the white, shining cape (or "of the cave", or "of the west": see note)”«el cabo blanco, reluciente (o «de la cueva», o «del oeste»: ver nota)»

Arabic today says

رَأْس الطَّرَف الأَغَرّ

raʾs aṭ-ṭaraf al-agharr

Root

ط ر ف

ṭ-r-f

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

That Tra- is ṭaraf ("cape, tip") is not disputed; the second part is: ṭaraf al-agharr ("the white, shining cape"), ṭaraf al-ghār ("the cape of the cave") or ṭaraf al-gharb ("the cape of the west"). In modern Arabic the battle is maʿrakat aṭ-Ṭaraf al-Agharr.Que Tra- es ṭaraf («cabo, extremo») no se discute; la segunda parte sí: ṭaraf al-agharr («el cabo blanco, reluciente»), ṭaraf al-ghār («el cabo de la cueva») o ṭaraf al-gharb («el cabo del oeste»). En árabe moderno la batalla es «maʿrakat aṭ-Ṭaraf al-Agharr».

In a sentence

Nelson murió en la batalla de Trafalgar.

Nelson died at the Battle of Trafalgar.

قُتِلَ نِلْسُون في مَعْرَكَة الطَّرَف الأَغَرّ.

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