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alcatras
† ˈalcatras, -ace, -ash Obs. [a. Sp., Pg. alcatraz, probably (as shown by Devic) a variant of Pg. alcatruz the bucket of a ‘noria,’ or water-raising wheel for irrigation, in Sp. arcaduz, alcaduz, a. Arab. al-qādūs. This name seems to have been applied (perhaps already by the Arabs in Spain) to the P...
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albatross
albatross (ˈælbətrɒs) Forms: 7 algatross, 7–8 albi-, 8 albe-, 8– albatross. [Apparently a modification of alcatras, applied to the Frigate-bird, but extended through inaccurate knowledge to a still larger sea-fowl, and in this sense altered to albi-, albe-, albatross (perhaps with etymological refer...
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USS PC-565
She was stricken from the Navy List 1 July 1960, and sold to Venezuela as Alcatras.
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List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago
East Rock
Casa Cruz Rock
Alcatras Rock
Icacos Point
Black Rock
Cabresse Point
Cabresse Island
Sisters Island
Marble Island
St.
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List of English words of Arabic origin (A–B)
From the Spanish, it entered English in the later 16th century as alcatras with the same meaning, and it is also in Italian in the later 16th century as
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