Alhambra
Americannoun
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a palace and citadel of the Moorish kings in Granada, Spain: built chiefly between 1248 and 1354.
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a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
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Origin of Alhambra
< Spanish < Arabic al-ḥamrā' literally, the red
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Standing in front of the post office in Alhambra, the 52-year-old paddled her arms as though to keep from sinking.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
At its center, a bubble of water flows into an Alhambra bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
At a new Ross in Alhambra, Liz Lopez was shopping for a designer purse.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
Over the coming decade he appeared with Jimmy Logan, Rikki Fulton and Jack Milroy on stage at Glasgow's Alhambra Theatre and on the radio show It's All Yours.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
The Loew’s showed first-run movies, as did the Alhambra.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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