alcazuz
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عِرْق السُوس (ʕirq as-sūs), via Andalusian Arabic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alkaˈθuθ/ [al.kaˈθuθ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /alkaˈsus/ [al.kaˈsus] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -uθ (Spain)
- Rhymes: -us (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: al‧ca‧zuz
Noun
alcazuz m (plural alcazuces)
Further reading
- “alcazuz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024