Alcalá de Henares

American  

[al-kuh-lah dey huh-nahr-uhs, -nah-reys, ahl-kah-lah the e-nah-res] / ˌæl kəˈlɑ deɪ həˈnɑr əs, -ˈnɑ reɪs, ˌɑl kɑˈlɑ ðɛ ɛˈnɑ rɛs /

noun

1. a city in central Spain, a historic academic center on the Henares River, NE of Madrid.

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Alcalá de Henares

They ended up mostly near Madrid, in the central archives of the administration in the university town of Alcalá de Henares where - like most of Spain's colonial history in Africa - they were forgotten.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2023

Alberto Rojo Puebla, 34, a train conductor from Alcalá de Henares, about 200 miles south of Pamplona, traveled to the festival this year to soak up the culture, despite not being a fan of bullfighting.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022

He is currently director of Madrid’s Abadía Theater and the Corral of Comedy theater in Alcalá de Henares city.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022

She reportedly left work early on 24 May to recover and her body was discovered at her home in Alcalá de Henares the next day.

From BBC ● May 30, 2019

Another active worker was Fray Domingo de San Nicolás, who was born at Alcalá de Henares.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 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. by Emma Helen Blair