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Albuquerque

Syllables: Al·bu·quer·queUK/ˈæl.bə.kəː.ki//ˈæl.bə.kɚ.ki/

Albuquerque proper noun: a surname from Spanish.

Proper noun

Albuquerque (countable and uncountable, plural Albuquerques)

  1. A surname from Spanish.
  2. The largest city in New Mexico, United States; the county seat of Bernalillo County.
    • The Trump administration is developing Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, into a “deportation hub” and considering Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque as a possible military detention site for undocumented immigrants, the New York Times reported on Feb. 21.2025 March 17, Austin Fisher, “ICE ‘disappeared’ 48 New Mexico residents, attorneys say”, in Source New Mexico, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2025
    Synonyms:
    ABQ, Abq., Alb., Alb, Burque, Duke City

Albuquerque meaning in Bengali and Arabic

Albuquerque in Bengali

অ্যালবাকের্কি

Albuquerque in Arabic

city
أَلْبُوكِيرْكِي ʔalbūkīrkī

Synonyms of Albuquerque

Forms of Albuquerque

pluralAlbuquerques

Origin of Albuquerque

Borrowed from Spanish Albuquerque, from Latin albus (“white”) + quercus (“oak”) (white oak). Compare translingual Quercus alba. * (New Mexico): Borrowed from Spanish Alburquerque (a town in Spain), named after Spanish viceroy Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque (1619–1676).

Words formed from Albuquerque

Phrases with Albuquerque

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Questions about Albuquerque

What does Albuquerque mean?
Albuquerque means a surname from Spanish.
What is Albuquerque in Bengali?
Albuquerque in Bengali is অ্যালবাকের্কি. See Albuquerque meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Albuquerque?
Albuquerque is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Albuquerque?
Albuquerque is pronounced /ˈæl.bə.kɚ.ki/ (US).

Words near Albuquerque in the dictionary

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  8. Albuquerque turkeys
  9. Albuquerquean
  10. Albuquerqueans
  11. Albuquerques

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Albuquerque (page history and authors); albuquerque (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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