Alcantara
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Alcantara, Alcântara (Portuguese), Alcántara (Spanish), Alcàntara, Alcàntera, El-Qantarah and (El) Kantara are all transliterations of the Arabic word al-qantara (القنطرة), meaning "the bridge".
Alcantara may refer to:
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People
Places
=Algeria=
- El Kantara, town and commune in Biskra province
- El Kantara District, in Biskra province
=Brazil=
- Alcântara, Maranhão, city in the state of Maranhão
- Alcântara Launch Center, Maranhão, satellite launch center
- Alcântara River, Rio de Janeiro state
- Barra d'Alcântara, municipality in the state of Piauí
- Dom Pedro de Alcântara, municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul
- São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, municipality
=Chile=
- The area near Alcántara metro station in northeastern Santiago
=Cyprus=
- Kantara Castle, in the Kyrenia mountains
=Egypt=
- El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya, city in the governorate of Shamal Sina, on the eastern side of the Suez Canal
=Italy=
- Alcantara (river) (Alcàntara in Sicilian), a river of Sicily
=Philippines=
- Alcantara, Cebu, municipality in the province of Cebu
- Alcantara, Romblon, municipality in the province of Romblon
=Portugal=
- Alcântara, Lisbon, civil parish of Lisbon
- São Pedro de Alcântara, Franciscan monastery in Lisbon
=Spain=
- {{ill|Tierra de Alcántara|eo}}, comarca (district) located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
- Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
- Alcántara Dam, in Tagus river near the town with the same name
- Alcántara Bridge, Roman bridge over the Tagus river near the town with the same name
- Valencia de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
- Santiago de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
- Herrera de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
- Mata de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
- Alcàntera de Xúquer ({{langx|es|links=no|Alcántara de Júcar}}), municipality in the comarca of Ribera Alta, Valencian Community
- San Pedro de Alcántara, town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia
- San Vicente de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura
=Venezuela=
- Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality, municipality in Aragua state
Other uses
- Alcantara (material), covering material manufactured by Alcantara SpA, Italy
- Alcantara (plant), a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae
- Battle of Alcantara (disambiguation)
- Order of Alcántara, Spanish military order founded in the 12th century
- {{RMS|Alcantara|1913}}, British ocean liner of Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
- {{RMS|Alcantara|1926}}, British ocean liner of Royal Mail Lines
Cognate names
- Alcantarilla (diminutive of Alcántara), a municipality in Murcia, Spain
- Alcantarilha (diminutive of Alcântara), a parish in Portugal
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