Nàquera

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَقْرَة (naqra, “excavation, cavity”), from نَقَرَ (naqara, “to strike; to dig into”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈna.kə.ɾə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈna.ke.ɾa]

Proper noun

Nàquera f

A municipality in the comarca of Camp de Túria, in the province of Valencia, in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, in eastern Spain

Derived terms

naquerà

Further reading

“Nàquera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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