Talk:Alburquerque, Spain

Etymology

The article's etymology derivation seems incorrect. "Alburquerue" is more likely derived from albus (L., "white") + quercus (L., "oak,") after the encina blanca or white oak which has traditionally abounded there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rahomasharo (talk • contribs) 10:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm gonna offer this. The Arabic word for apricot is al-birquq, which seems a much more likely choice than shoving to words together that sort of, not really, kind of sound like they work. 2600:1011:B12F:62A2:61CB:B3F4:F14F:DC73 (talk) 16:47, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Can somebody a translation of the Arabic words please? --Doric Loon (talk) 09:08, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Albuquerque, NM originally had the first r, but it was later dropped. Also, the town was named after the Duke of Alburquerque, as I understand it, not after the town. Hence the former name of the baseball team, "the Dukes." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.230.202.11 (talk) 04:34, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Can someone verify "Abu al-Qurq', which means 'father of the cork [oak]'"? I am unable to find the "cork" word in my small Arabic dictionary. Does the final apostrophe mean it's a quadriliteral root instead of the usual triliteral root, or is that an extraneous typo? Kotabatubara (talk) 17:02, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

I am deleting the final apostrophe of "al-Qurq' ", on the grounds that (1) the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia doesn't have it, and (2) a triliteral root is more likely than a quadriliteral root. My request for confirmation that the word exists is still open. Kotabatubara (talk) 17:14, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

I'm confused as to the word order in the Latin origin theory. Latin adjectives come after the noun they qualify. Spanish adjectives come after the noun they qualify. Basque adjectives come after the nouns they qualify. Celtic adjectives come after the noun they modify. Arabic nouns come after the nouns they qualify.

So what possible mechanism is there for the inversion of the normal Latin word order occurring within the Iberian Peninsula? Prof Wrong (talk) 19:19, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

The relation of the name to Latin appears to be unsound. First, "white oak" is "quercus alba", with the feminine "alba" (not "albus") and NOT the other way round ("alba quercus"). Besides the wrong order, "alba" would not easily turn into "albur": neither would "a" change to "u", nor would "r" arise out of nowhere. Second, what we now know as "quercus alba" does not exist in Europe (but rather in North America). Third, a Latin origin would be somewhat surprising in a region full of names deriving from Arabic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.53.43.36 (talk) 21:51, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Plus, the etymology came from the same article in the Dutch Wikipedia, which has no source. I'll remove the etymology. UltimateFantasyY (talk) 18:27, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Misspelling?

This article says that the New Mexico city has its name misspelled, but the article on that city states it is the Portuguese variation. I'll look into this further if nobody more knowledgeable about this subject steps forward. Bookbrad (talk) 18:55, 10 March 2010 (UTC)