Alarcón

American  

[ah-lahr-kawn] / ˌɑ lɑrˈkɔn /

noun

1. Pedro Antonio Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza, 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.

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Alarcón British  

/ alarˈkon /

noun

1. Pedro Antonio de (ˈpeðro anˈtonjo de). 1833–91, Spanish novelist and short-story writer, noted for his humorous sketches of rural life, esp in The Three-Cornered Hat (1874)

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Alarcón

The 51-year-old man, named by Ukrainian and Spanish sources as Andriy Portnov, had just dropped his children off at the school in the Pozuelo de Alarcón area of the city, reports say.

From BBC ● May 21, 2025

The arrest occurred while Alarcón was stopped along Highway 18 in San Bernardino County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

I admired from afar what was going on in Los Angeles, where crusading politicians with last names like Molina, Polanco, Alatorre, and Alarcón fought for their working class constituents and inspired Latinos across the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023

The Mystics selected Elena Tsineke in the second round with the No. 20 pick and Txell Alarcón with the No. 32 pick.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2023

Early in 1718 Alarcón left Coahuila with a colony of sixty-two persons, besides the neophytes of mission San Francisco Solano, who were to be transferred to the new site on the San Antonio River.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

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