Alcantara
Alcantara (from Arabicالقنطرة / al-qanṭara / 'the bridge') is the name of the following geographical objects:
in Brasil:
- Alcântara (Maranhão) , place in Maranhão
- Barra d'Alcântara , parish in Piauí
- São Pedro de Alcântara , place in Santa Catarina
- Dom Pedro de Alcântara , place in Rio Grande do Sul
- Alcântaras , place in Ceará
in Italy:
- Alcantara (river) , river in Sicily
- Gole dell'Alcantara , lava canyons in Sicily
- Mojo Alcantara , place in Sicily
On the Philippines
- Alcantara (Cebu) , place on Cebu
- Alcantara (Romblon) , place on Tablas in the province of Romblon
in Portugal
- Alcântara (Lisbon) , district of Lisbon
in Spain
- Alcántara (Spain) , place in Extremadura
- Alcántara reservoir , dam near Alcántara
- Bridge of Alcántara , Roman bridge at Alcántara
- Puente de Alcántara (Toledo) , bridge in Toledo
- San Pedro de Alcántara , place near Marbella
Alcantara is the family name of the following people:
- Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara (* 1933), Mexican clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Mexico
- Adhemar d'Alcantara (1920–2012), Belgian politician
- Agustín Alcántara (1946–1979), Mexican racing cyclist
- Carlos Alcántara (* 1948), Uruguayan racing cyclist
- Gerardo Alcántara (* 1980), Mexican football player and coach
- Hugo Alcântara (* 1979), Brazilian soccer player
- José Alcántara Almánzar (* 1946), Dominican narrator, literary critic, sociologist and university professor
- Paulino Alcántara (1896–1964), Filipino-Spanish football player
- Pedro de Alcântara Cavalcanti de Albuquerque (1884–1960), Brazilian major general
- Peter of Alcantara (1499–1562), saint from Alcántara (Extremadura)
- Rafael Alcántara (musician) (* 1975), German-Peruvian musician
- Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento (* 1993), Brazilian-Spanish soccer player, see Rafinha (soccer player, 1993)
- Thiago Alcântara do Nascimento (* 1991), Spanish-Brazilian soccer player, see Thiago
- Victor Alcántara (* 1975), German-Peruvian musician
Alcantara stands for:
- Alcantara (plant) , genus from the daisy family
- Alcantara (microfiber fabric) , brand name for a microfiber
- Alcantara (ship, 1914) , British passenger ship and afterwards auxiliary cruiser, sunk in 1916
- Alcantara (ship, 1927) , British passenger ship and then auxiliary cruiser and troop transport, scrapped in 1958
- Rosa Alcantara , brand name of a ground cover rose
- Rosa Gravin d'Alcantara , variety name for a rose breed
See also:
- Alcántara order , Spanish knightly order
- Kantara (disambiguation)
