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Alicante
Alicante, Valencia/Spain Akra Leuke, Lucentum, al‐Lucant/al‐Akant Founded in 325 bc by the Greeks, the original name meant ‘White Peak’ from akra ‘peak’ or ‘headland’ and leukas ‘white’ or ‘chalky’. The Romans, who captured it in 201 bc, named it Lucentum, the ‘Place of Light’. The Moorish name, which was used 718–1249, had the same meaning.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Alicante." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Alicante." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Alicante.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Alicante." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Alicante.html |
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Alicante
Alicante , city (1990 pop. 267,485), capital of Alicante prov., SE Spain, in Valencia. A Mediterranean port, it has exports of wine, oil, cereals, fruit, and esparto from the fertile surrounding region. Metallurgical and chemical industries as well as fishing and waterfront tourism are important. The Romans had a naval base on the site. The town was permanently recaptured from the Moors c.1250. |
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"Alicante." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Alicante." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Alicante.html "Alicante." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Alicante.html |
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Recco, Giuseppe
Recco, Giuseppe (b Naples, 12 June 1634; d Alicante, 29 May 1695). Neapolitan still-life painter, the outstanding member of a family of artists. He is best known for pictures of fish, painted in an impressively grand style, but more austere than those of Ruoppolo, with whom he ranks as the most distinguished Italian still-life painter of his period.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Recco, Giuseppe." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Recco, Giuseppe." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-ReccoGiuseppe.html IAN CHILVERS. "Recco, Giuseppe." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-ReccoGiuseppe.html |
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Recco, Giuseppe
Recco, Giuseppe (1634–95). Neapolitan still-life painter, the outstanding member of a family of artists. He is best known for pictures of fish, painted in an impressively grand style, but more austere than those of Ruoppolo, with whom he ranks as the most distinguished Italian still-life painter of his period.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Recco, Giuseppe." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Recco, Giuseppe." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-ReccoGiuseppe.html IAN CHILVERS. "Recco, Giuseppe." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-ReccoGiuseppe.html |
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Alicante
Alicante
•batty, bratty, catty, chatty, Cincinnati, Dolcelatte, fatty, flattie, Hattie, natty, patty, ratty, Satie, Scarlatti, scatty, Tati, tattie, tatty
•faculty
•Alicante, andante, ante, anti, Ashanti, Bramante, Chianti, Dante, dilettante, Fante, Ferranti, infante, scanty, shanty (US chanty), spumante, vigilante, Zante
•Asti, pasty
•pederasty
•Amati, arty, Astarte, castrati, chapatti, clarty, coati, ex parte, Frascati, glitterati, Gujarati, hearty, illuminati, karate, Kiribati, lathi, literati, Marathi, obbligati (US obligati), party, tarty
•crafty, draughty (US drafty)
•auntie • nasty • contrasty
•amaretti, amoretti, Betti, Betty, confetti, cornetti, Donizetti, Getty, Giacometti, Hettie, jetty, machete, Marinetti, Nettie, petit, petty, Rossetti, Serengeti, spaghetti, sweaty, vaporetti, yeti
•hefty, lefty
•felty, sheltie
•penalty • specialty • empty
•al dente, aplenty, cognoscenti, divertimenti, lisente, plenty, portamenti, sente, twenty, twenty-twenty
•seventy • peasanty
•chesty, testy, zesty
•Ghiberti
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"Alicante." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Alicante." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Alicante.html "Alicante." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Alicante.html |
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