Alicante

Alicante (a province of the Valencian Community, Spain; capital: Alicante); Alicante (a city in Alicante, Spain)

From Arabic اَلقَنْت (al-qant) or لَقَنْت (laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Leukante (Local Latin), ultimately from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, bright”). Originally named Ἄκρα Λευκή (Ákra Leukḗ) or Λευκή Ἄκρα (Leukḗ Ákra, “white summit”) by Phocaean Greeks.