# Albuquerque

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈæl.bə.kɚ.ki/ · frequency rank #14,878

## Definitions
1. A surname from Spanish.
2. The largest city in New Mexico, United States; the county seat of Bernalillo County.

## Etymology
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).

## Common misspellings (15)
`abluquerque`, `albbuquerque`, `albquuerque`, `albuqeurque`, `albuqquerque`, `albuqueqrue`, `albuquerqeu`, `albuquerqque`, `albuquerrque`, `albuqueruqe`, `albuqureque`, `albuuqerque`, `allbuquerque`, `alubquerque`, `labuquerque`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/albuquerque