Given name & surname · also Spanish
Alcala
“the citadel, the fort”
Alcala is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in English, Tagalog, and Ilocano.
Original SpanishAlcalá
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alcala goes back to Arabic قلعة, meaning “the citadel, the fort.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Alcala comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Spanish Alcalá, from Arabic قلعة (“the citadel, the fort”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Alcala’s family of names
In English usage, Alcala as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Alcalá.
The ring: across languages.
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