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noun
1.
a palace and citadel of the Moorish kings in Granada, Spain: built chiefly between 1248 and 1354.
2.
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles. 64,615.
Origin:
< Spanish < Arabic al-ḥamrā' literally, the red
< Spanish < Arabic al-ḥamrā' literally, the red
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Alhambra
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Alhambra
palace of the Moorish kings in Granada, Sp., from Arabic (al kal'at) al hamra "the red (castle)," from fem. of ahmuru "red." So called for the sun-dried bricks of which its outer walls were built.
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