| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| alcalde |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·cal·de |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l-käl d , äl-käld |
| NOUN: | The mayor or chief judicial official of a Spanish town. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, from Arabic al-q   : al-, the + q, judge, active participle of qa, to judge; see q y in Appendix II.
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