Alameda
See also: alameda
English
Etymology
From Spanish alameda (“avenue lined with poplars”).
Pronunciation
- (California) IPA(key): /æləˈmidə/
Audio (General American): (file)
Proper noun
Alameda
- A municipality of Málaga, Spain.
- Numerous place in the United States:
- A city in Alameda County, California.
- 2022 September 3, Taylor Romine and Jason Hanna, “An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area”, in CNN[1]:
- The bloom was detected in late July in the Oakland and Alameda areas, and dead fish have since washed ashore in the bay as well as at Oakland’s Lake Merritt, California fish and wildlife department spokesperson Jordan Traverso said.
- An unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
- A neighbourhood of Miami, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, apparently named for a cottonwood grove.
- A neighbourhood of Portland, Oregon.
- A city in Alameda County, California.
- A small town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Derived terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From alameda (“avenue lined with trees”), referring to Alameda Dom Afonso Henriques, an avenue and urban garden next to the station.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈme.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈme.da/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐˈme.dɐ/ [ɐ.lɐˈme.ðɐ]
- Hyphenation: A‧la‧me‧da
- Homophone: alameda
Proper noun
Alameda f
- a metro station in Lisbon, Portugal
- Synonym: (station code) AM
- Meronyms: Alameda I, Alameda II
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alaˈmeda/ [a.laˈme.ð̞a]
- Rhymes: -eda
- Syllabification: A‧la‧me‧da
- Homophone: alameda
Proper noun
Alameda f
Derived terms
- alamedano
Proper noun
Alameda m or f by sense
- a surname