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Albuquerque

al·bu·quer·que

UK/ˈæl.bə.kəː.ki/ US/ˈæl.bə.kɚ.ki/ uncommon

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the largest city in New Mexico; located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish Albuquerque, from Latin albus (“white”) + quercus (“oak”) (white oak). Compare translingual Quercus alba. * (New Mexico): Borrowed from Spanish Alburquerque (a town in Spain), named after Spanish viceroy Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque (1619-1676).

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