Origin of the Name "Albuquerque" (Alamogordo, Alamo: malls ...
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Nov 12, 2007 · It turns out that the family our Duke came from, the Albuquerque line, took their name from what was a small region of Iberia.
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Nov 12, 2007 · It turns out that the family our Duke came from, the Albuquerque line, took their name from what was a small region of Iberia.
That region's name comes from the Moorish "Abu al-Qurq", which means Land of the Cork Oak. It is true there are many large cork oak plantations in parts of Spain and Portugal. So Albuquerque = Land of the Cork Oak????
I'd always thought it came from Alba Quercus. "White Oak" in
I'd always thought it came from Alba Quercus. "White Oak" in
Latin. This is disputed in the article at the following link: JSTOR: Accessing JSTOR (broken link) which puts forth the suggestion that it is from an Arabic rendering (Al barquk) of the Greek word for apricot.
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dictionary.com/browse/barque
noun
a variant of bark3.
dictionary.com/browse/bark
noun
the abrupt, harsh, explosive cry of a dog.
a similar sound made by another animal, as a fox.
a short, explosive sound, as of firearms:
the bark of a revolver.
noun
a variant of bark3.
dictionary.com/browse/bark
noun
the abrupt, harsh, explosive cry of a dog.
a similar sound made by another animal, as a fox.
a short, explosive sound, as of firearms:
the bark of a revolver.
to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret
(Qal) secret (participle)
(Niphal)
to be concealed
concealed, dissembler (participle)
(Hiphil) to conceal, hide
(Hithpael) to hide oneself
(Qal) secret (participle)
(Niphal)
to be concealed
concealed, dissembler (participle)
(Hiphil) to conceal, hide
(Hithpael) to hide oneself
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Meaning
A Bunch Of Giggling Girls
The meaning of the word alamoth is lost to us moderns. Some commentators interpret it as a plural of the noun עלמה ('alma), meaning young woman. The Young translation even reads "For the Virgins" in the header of Psalm 46,
Meaning
A Bunch Of Giggling Girls
The meaning of the word alamoth is lost to us moderns. Some commentators interpret it as a plural of the noun עלמה ('alma), meaning young woman. The Young translation even reads "For the Virgins" in the header of Psalm 46,
and a rather intriguing "with psalteries besides virgins" in 1 Chronicle 15:20.
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