a de albuquerque
bəˌkɜr
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Albuquerque1 (ˈælbəˌkɜːkɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a city in central New Mexico, on the Rio Grande. Pop: 471 856 (2003 est) | |
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| Albuquerque2 (ˈælbəˌkɜːkɪ, Portuguese ɑlbuˈkɛrkə) | |
| —n | |
| Afonso de (əˈfõsu dəː). 1453--1515, Portuguese navigator who established Portuguese colonies in the East by conquering Goa, Ceylon, Malacca, and Ormuz | |
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Albuquerque
city in New Mexico, U.S., founded 1706 and named for Sp. administrator and viceroy of Mexico Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, Duque de Alburquerque (1617-1676); name alt. by assoc. with Port. soldier Alfonso de Albuquerque (1453-1515), both named from Alburquerque, a town in Spain close to the
Portuguese border whose name means "white oak," ult. from L. albus "white" and quercus "oak."
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