Albuquerque

Borrowed from Spanish Albuquerque, from Latin albus (“white”) + quercus (“oak”) (white oak). Compare translingual Quercus alba.

• (New Mexico): Borrowed from Spanish Alburquerque (a town in Spain), named after Spanish viceroy Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque (1619–1676).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.bə.kɚ.ki/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.bə.kəː.ki/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: Al‧bu‧quer‧que

Albuquerque (countable and uncountable, plural Albuquerques)

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. The largest city in New Mexico, United States; the county seat of Bernalillo County.
   • 2025 March 17, Austin Fisher, “ICE ‘disappeared’ 48 New Mexico residents, attorneys say”, in Source New Mexico‎^[1]:

     The Trump administration is developing Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, into a “deportation hub” and considering Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque as a possible military detention site for undocumented immigrants, the New York Times reported on Feb. 21.

(Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA):

• → Kurtöp: ཨ་བུ་ཀ་ཀི ('Abukaki)

• Hyphenation: Al‧bu‧quer‧que

Albuquerque ?

1. a surname
2. Albuquerque (a city in New Mexico, United States)

• Alburquerque
• de Albuquerque

• IPA^(key): /albuˈkeɾke/ [al.β̞uˈkeɾ.ke]
• Rhymes: -eɾke
• Syllabification: Al‧bu‧quer‧que

Albuquerque m or f by sense

1. Albuquerque (the largest city in New Mexico, United States; the county seat of Bernalillo County)
2. a surname