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:

• Alcantara (surname)

• El Kantara, town and commune in Biskra province
• El Kantara District, in Biskra province

• 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

• The area near Alcántara metro station in northeastern Santiago

• Kantara Castle, in the Kyrenia mountains

• El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya, city in the governorate of Shamal Sina, on the eastern side of the Suez Canal

• Alcantara (river) (Alcàntara in Sicilian), a river of Sicily

• Alcantara, Cebu, municipality in the province of Cebu
• Alcantara, Romblon, municipality in the province of Romblon

• Alcântara, Lisbon, civil parish of Lisbon
• São Pedro de Alcântara, Franciscan monastery in Lisbon

• 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 (Spanish: 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

• Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality, municipality in Aragua state

• 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

• Alcantarilla (diminutive of Alcántara), a municipality in Murcia, Spain
• Alcantarilha (diminutive of Alcântara), a parish in Portugal

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