Alcácer-Quibir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic القَصْر الكَبِير (al-qaṣr al-kabīr). Cognate with Spanish Alcazarquivir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˌka.seʁ.kiˈbi(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˌka.seh.kiˈbi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˌka.seʁ.kiˈbi(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˌka.seh.kiˈbi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˌka.seɾ.kiˈbi(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯ˌka.seɾ.kiˈbi(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˌka.seʁ.kiˈbi(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ˌka.seχ.kiˈbi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˌka.seɻ.kiˈbi(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯ˌka.seɻ.kiˈbi(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˌka.sɛɾ.kiˈbiɾ/ [aɫˌka.sɛɾ.kiˈβiɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˌka.sɛɾ.kiˈbiɾ/ [aɫˌka.sɛɾ.kiˈβiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˌka.sɛɾ.kiˈbi.ɾi/ [aɫˌka.sɛɾ.kiˈβi.ɾi]

Proper noun

Alcácer-Quibir

1. Ksar el-Kebir (a city in northwestern Morocco)