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
Example Sentences
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At its center, a bubble of water flows into an Alhambra bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 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
Because my weekends often take me east to nurseries, rock yards and quarries, I usually end up at Boston Lobster, my favorite place to eat dinner in Alhambra.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025
Zapata is accused of driving a stolen Hyundai sports utility vehicle and colliding with a police cruiser that was being driven by 28-year-old Alec Sanders, an officer with the Alhambra Police Department.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
I opened the door of the mosque and found myself inside a cheap Alhambra.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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