Place:Alcântara, Maranhão, Brazil

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NameAlcântara
Alt namesAlcantarasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Alcântarasource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Espasa: Enciclopedia universal (1907); Fodor's: South America (1990) p 268
Santo Antônio de Alcântatasource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCity
Coordinates2.417°S 44.467°W
Located inMaranhão, Brazil
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Alcantara, Alcântara (Portuguese), Alcántara (Spanish), Alcàntara, Alcàntera, El-Qantarah and (El) Kantara are all transliterations of the Arabic word al qantara (القنطرة), meaning "the bridge".

Alcantara may refer to:

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