Alcántara

British  

/ ælˈkæntɑːrə /

noun

1. a town in W Spain: a Roman bridge spans the River Tagus. Pop: 1739 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

In fact, our squad—Nicole Nguyen, Joanna Stern, Ann-Marie Alcántara, Christopher Mims and Wilson Rothman—bought or will be buying many of these picks with our own money.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

Then again, carrying a heavy workload like Alcántara comes with risks.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

Torres Alcántara spreads one of the baby bat’s wings on a rubber mat as a Ph.D. student, Mónica Izquierdo Suzán, punches out a snippet of skin for DNA analysis.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023

Martínez said he was with Alcántara when he approached the victim.

From Washington Times • May 25, 2023

Garavito died on October 18 of that same year; he was canonized in 1669 as St. Peter of Alcántara.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 by Blair, Emma Helen