# Alcala

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #79,241

## Definitions
1. A surname from Spanish.

## Etymology
From Spanish Alcalá, from Arabic القَلْعة (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”).

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