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Alcaide
GenderMale
Language(s) Spanish
Origin
Meaning"Castle Commander"
Region of origin Iberian Peninsula
Other names
Variant form(s)Alcaid

Alcaide is a Spanish name, meaning 'castle commander'. It is borrowed from the Arabic term qāʾid, which literally means 'commander'.

Etymology

From the Arabic 'commander' it becomes the Spanish form alcayde or alcaide, origin of the Portuguese form alcaide. [1]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Alcayde". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford UP. 1974.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alcaide
GenderMale
Language(s) Spanish
Origin
Meaning"Castle Commander"
Region of origin Iberian Peninsula
Other names
Variant form(s)Alcaid

Alcaide is a Spanish name, meaning 'castle commander'. It is borrowed from the Arabic term qāʾid, which literally means 'commander'.

Etymology

From the Arabic 'commander' it becomes the Spanish form alcayde or alcaide, origin of the Portuguese form alcaide. [1]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Alcayde". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford UP. 1974.

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