Alcazar (disambiguation)

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Alcázar is a Spanish word meaning castle, palace or fortress, from Arabic القصر al qasr.

Alcázar or Alcazar may refer to:

• Alcázar, one of the palaces and fortresses in Spain called with this word.
• Alcázar de San Juan, a town in La Mancha, Spain.
• Alcazar (band), a pop group.
• Alcazar Hotel, historic hotels in Canada and the United States
• El Alcázar, a newspaper that expressed the views of the búnker, the extreme right that opposed any democratization, during the Spanish transition to democracy.
• General Alcazar, the name of a character featured in many of the Tintin comic books.
• Roberto Alcázar y Pedrín, a Spanish comic strip from the Franco era.

Cognate names:

• Alcàsser is the Valencian name of a Spanish city (province of Valencia).
• Alcácer is the Portuguese version of the word.
• Alcocer derives from a diminutive of alcázar.
• Alcazarquivir is the Spanish name of Al Kasr al Kebir, location of the battle of Al Kasr al Kebir.