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Almeida
proper noun
a surname
Almendares
proper noun
a surname
Almendra
proper noun
a female given name
Almendralejo
proper noun
Almendralejo (a city and municipality in Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain)
Almendras
proper noun
a toponymic surname
Almendárez
proper noun
a surname
Almería
proper noun
Almería (a city and municipality, the capital of the province of Almería, Andalusia, Spain); Almería (a province of Andalusia, Spain, around the city)
Almeyda
proper noun
a surname
Almodóvar
proper noun
a surname from Portuguese
Almu
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Almudena
Almudena
proper noun
a female given name
Almánzar
proper noun
a surname
Alodia
proper noun
a female given name
Alondra
proper noun
a female given name
Alonso
proper noun
a male given name; a surname
Alpes
proper noun
Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
Alpes del sur
proper noun
Southern Alps, New Zealand
Alpes neozelandeses
proper noun
Southern Alps, New Zealand
Alpízar
proper noun
a surname
Alquízar
proper noun
a town in Artemisa, Cuba
Alsacia
proper noun
Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)
Alsacia-Lorena
proper noun
Alsace-Lorraine (a historical state in Germany (1871-1918); modern Grand Est)
Alsasua
proper noun
Alsasua (a town and municipality of Navarre, Spain)
Alta Austria
proper noun
Upper Austria (a state of Austria)
Alta California
proper noun
a historical geographic region of Spain and Mexico, which today roughly comprises the U.S. state of California
Alta Verapaz
proper noun
a department of Guatemala
Altagracia
proper noun
a female given name
Altamira
proper noun
a surname
Altamira
proper noun
a town in Huila department, Colombia; a town in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Altamirano
proper noun
a surname
Altamirano
proper noun
Altamirano (a town in Brandsen Partido, Buenos Aires province, Argentina).
Altar
proper noun
a municipality of Sonora, Mexico
Altas Fiestas
proper noun
High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, collectively)
Altea
proper noun
Altea; Althaea
Altiplano Armenio
proper noun
Armenian Highland
Alto Garona
proper noun
Haute-Garonne (a department of Occitania, France)
Alto Loira
proper noun
Haute-Loire (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
Alto Paraguay
proper noun
a department of Paraguay
Alto Paraná
proper noun
a department of Uruguay
Alto Perú
proper noun
Upper Peru (A historical region of colonial South America corresponding to present-day Bolivia)
Alto Rin
proper noun
Haut-Rhin (a department of Grand Est, France)
Alto Saona
proper noun
Haute-Saône (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
Alto Volta
proper noun
Upper Volta (former name of Burkina Faso: a country in West Africa, used from 1958-1984)
Altos Alpes
proper noun
Hautes-Alpes (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Altos Días Santos
proper noun
High Holidays
Altísimo
proper noun
the Almighty; God
Alvarado
proper noun
a surname
Alvarado
proper noun
a city in Veracruz, Mexico
Alvardo
proper noun
a surname
Alvarenga
proper noun
a surname
Alviar
proper noun
a surname
Alzaga
proper noun
Altzaga (a village and municipality of the province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain)
Alzaga
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Alzamora
proper noun
a surname
Alzate
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Alzheimer
noun, masculine
ellipsis of enfermedad de Alzheimer
Alá
proper noun
Allah (God’s name in Islam)
Alán
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Alan
Alí
proper noun
Ali (the Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, considered by Shias to be Muhammad's first successor (imam)); a male given name, Ali, from Arabic; a surname from Arabic.
Am. Mer.
proper noun
abbreviation of América Meridional