Alcaide
{{Infobox name|name=Alcaide|gender=Male|meaning="Castle Commander"|region=Iberian Peninsula|language= Portuguese
Spanish|variant forms=Alcaid|footnotes=}}
Alcaide is a Portuguese and Spanish name, meaning 'castle commander'. It is borrowed from the Arabic term {{Transliteration|ar|qāʾid}}, which literally means 'commander'.
Etymology
From the Arabic 'commander' it becomes the Spanish form alcayde or alcaide, origin of the Portuguese form alcaide.{{cite encyclopedia |year=1974 |title=Alcayde |encyclopedia=The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary |publisher=Oxford UP}}
Notable people
- Anselmo Pardo Alcaide (1913–1977), Spanish entomologist.
- Chris Alcaide (1922–2004), American actor
- Carmen Alcayde (born 1973), Spanish TV presenter and actress
- David Alcaide (born 1978), Spanish pool player
- Guillermo Alcaide (born 1986), Spanish tennis player
- Ana Alcaide (born 1976), Spanish musician
- Pepe Alcaide (born 1979), Spanish footballer
- Víctor Aguirre Alcaide (born 1972), Mexican politician
References
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