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Albuquerque
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English
Etymology
en es Albuquerque, from en la - la albus en white + la quercus en oak en white oak. Compare mul Quercus alba.
New Mexico en es Alburquerque a town in Spain, en 1 Spanish viceroy Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque = 1619 1676.
Pronunciation
en /ˈæl.bə.kɚ.ki/ GA
en /ˈæl.bə.kəː.ki/ RP
en en-us-Albuquerque.ogg US
en Al bu quer que
Proper noun
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en Spanish.
en largest city s/New Mexico c/USA ; county seat co/Bernalillo County. TopoZone: Albuquerque
en 2011 Mark Lautman Logan Square Press When the Boomers Bail: A Community Economic Survival Guide, Paperback Edition Introduction XVI As the economic architect for the project, my job was to figure out what kind of economy could be developed to support the new community and execute an economic development program that guaranteed the people of Albuquerque that we would not be building the project on the backs of existing taxpayers.
en Austin Fisher ICE ‘disappeared’ 48 New Mexico residents, attorneys say w:Source New Mexico https://sourcenm.com/2025/03/17/ice-has-disappeared-48-new-mexico-residents-attorneys-say/ 2025-03-17 The Trump administration is developing Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, into a “deportation hub” and considering Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque as a possible military detention site for undocumented immigrants, the New York Times reported on Feb. 21. https://web.archive.org/web/20250729043425/https://sourcenm.com/2025/03/17/ice-has-disappeared-48-new-mexico-residents-attorneys-say/
Synonyms
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
en abbreviation ABQ Abq. Alb. Abq Alb
en Burque<ll:colloquial> Duke City<ll:colloquial> Q<ll:colloquial>
Derived terms
en Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Albuquerque turkey Albuquerquean Burqueño take a wrong turn at Albuquerque
Descendants
xkz ཨ་བུ་ཀ་ཀི 'Abukaki 1
Translations
city
Akan: ak Albukɛɛki
Arabic: ar أَلْبُوكِيرْكِي
Armenian: hy Ալբուկերկե
Farefare: gur Albukerke
French: fr Albuquerque f
Georgian: ka ალბუკერკე
Greek: el Αλμπουκέρκη f
Hebrew: he אלבקרקי or he אַלְבּוּקֶרְקִי ʾalbûqerqî
Hopi: hop Alavakyeekye, hop Alaviiya
Navajo: nv Beeʼeldííl Dahsinil
Portuguese: pt Albuquerque f
Russian: ru Альбуке́рке m
Spanish: es Albuquerque
Ukrainian: uk Альбуке́рке n
See also
Quercus alba species
mul Q. alba
Quercus genus
mul alba
References
en terms with dissimilation of historic /ɹ/
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Albuquérque
pt Al bu quer que
Proper noun
pt
pt city s/New Mexico c/United States Albuquerque
Related terms
pt Alburquerque
pt de Albuquerque
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mfbysense
es largest city s/New Mexico c/USA ; county seat co/Bernalillo County Albuquerque
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