alfoz
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Andalusian Arabic الحَوْز (al-ḥáwz), from Arabic حَوْز (ḥawz, literally “possession”), formed as a verbal noun of حَازَ (ḥāza).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /alˈfoθ/ [alˈfoθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /alˈfos/ [alˈfos]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -oθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: al‧foz
Noun[edit]
alfoz m (plural alfoces)
- (historical) during the Middle Ages, the rural territory belonging to a corresponding town
Further reading[edit]
- “alfoz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish terms derived from Andalusian Arabic
- Spanish terms derived from Arabic
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/oθ
- Rhymes:Spanish/oθ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/os
- Rhymes:Spanish/os/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish terms with historical senses
- es:Administrative divisions