# Alcantara

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**Alcantara**, **Alcântara** ([Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language)), **Alcántara** ([Spanish](/source/Spanish_language)), **Alcàntara**, **Alcàntera**, **El-Qantarah** and **(El) Kantara** are all transliterations of the [Arabic](/source/Arabic_language) word *al-qantara* (القنطرة), meaning "the bridge".

**Alcantara** may refer to:

## People

- [Alcantara (surname)](/source/Alcantara_(surname))

## Places

### Algeria

- [El Kantara](/source/El_Kantara), town and commune in Biskra province
- [El Kantara District](/source/El_Kantara_District), in Biskra province

### Brazil

- [Alcântara, Maranhão](/source/Alc%C3%A2ntara,_Maranh%C3%A3o), city in the state of Maranhão - [Alcântara Launch Center](/source/Alc%C3%A2ntara_Launch_Center), Maranhão, satellite launch center
- [Alcântara River](/source/Alc%C3%A2ntara_River), Rio de Janeiro state
- [Barra d'Alcântara](/source/Barra_d'Alc%C3%A2ntara), municipality in the state of Piauí
- [Dom Pedro de Alcântara](/source/Dom_Pedro_de_Alc%C3%A2ntara), municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul
- [São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina](/source/S%C3%A3o_Pedro_de_Alc%C3%A2ntara,_Santa_Catarina), municipality

### Chile

- The area near [Alcántara metro station](/source/Alc%C3%A1ntara_metro_station) in northeastern Santiago

### Cyprus

- [Kantara Castle](/source/Kantara_Castle), in the Kyrenia mountains

### Egypt

- [El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya](/source/El-Qantarah_el-Sharqiyya), city in the governorate of Shamal Sina, on the eastern side of the Suez Canal

### Italy

- [Alcantara (river)](/source/Alcantara_(river)) (*Alcàntara* in Sicilian), a river of Sicily

### Philippines

- [Alcantara, Cebu](/source/Alcantara,_Cebu), municipality in the province of Cebu
- [Alcantara, Romblon](/source/Alcantara,_Romblon), municipality in the province of Romblon

### Portugal

- [Alcântara, Lisbon](/source/Alc%C3%A2ntara,_Lisbon), civil parish of Lisbon

- - [Alcântara Maritime Terminal](/source/Alc%C3%A2ntara_Maritime_Terminal), a former ocean liner terminal in Lisbon

- [São Pedro de Alcântara](/source/S%C3%A3o_Pedro_de_Alc%C3%A2ntara), Franciscan monastery in Lisbon

### Spain

- [Tierra de Alcántara](/source/Tierra_de_Alc%C3%A1ntara), comarca (district) located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura - [Alcántara](/source/Alc%C3%A1ntara), municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura - [Alcántara Dam](/source/Alc%C3%A1ntara_Dam), in Tagus river near the town with the same name - [Alcántara Bridge](/source/Alc%C3%A1ntara_Bridge), Roman bridge over the Tagus river near the town with the same name - [Valencia de Alcántara](/source/Valencia_de_Alc%C3%A1ntara), municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura - [Santiago de Alcántara](/source/Santiago_de_Alc%C3%A1ntara), municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura - [Herrera de Alcántara](/source/Herrera_de_Alc%C3%A1ntara), municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura - [Mata de Alcántara](/source/Mata_de_Alc%C3%A1ntara), municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
- [Alcàntera de Xúquer](/source/Alc%C3%A0ntera_de_X%C3%BAquer) (Spanish: *Alcántara de Júcar*), municipality in the comarca of Ribera Alta, Valencian Community
- [San Pedro de Alcántara](/source/San_Pedro_de_Alc%C3%A1ntara), town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia
- [San Vicente de Alcántara](/source/San_Vicente_de_Alc%C3%A1ntara), municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura

### Venezuela

- [Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality](/source/Francisco_Linares_Alc%C3%A1ntara_Municipality), municipality in Aragua state

## Other uses

- [Alcantara (material)](/source/Alcantara_(material)), covering material manufactured by Alcantara SpA, Italy
- [*Alcantara* (plant)](/source/Alcantara_(plant)), a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae
- [Battle of Alcantara (disambiguation)](/source/Battle_of_Alcantara_(disambiguation))
- [Order of Alcántara](/source/Order_of_Alc%C3%A1ntara), Spanish military order founded in the 12th century
- [RMS *Alcantara* (1913)](/source/RMS_Alcantara_(1913)), British ocean liner of Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
- [RMS *Alcantara* (1926)](/source/RMS_Alcantara_(1926)), British ocean liner of Royal Mail Lines

## Cognate names

- [Alcantarilla](/source/Alcantarilla) (diminutive of Alcántara), a municipality in Murcia, Spain
- [Alcantarilha](/source/Alcantarilha) (diminutive of Alcântara), a parish in Portugal

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