Quéntar
GranadaAndalucía
Arabism derived from Andalusian qantarat ('bridge'), applied to the medieval bridge over the Aguas Blancas river.
Hamlet of the Granadan range, old Morisco hamlet repopulated with Old Christians after the 1568-1571 uprising. The Quéntar reservoir (1968) supplies water to the Granada metropolitan area.
Evolution of the name
- qantarat Andalusi Arabic 9th–11th centuries
- Quéntar medieval Castilian from 1492
Glossary
- Alpujarras Rebellion (1568-1571)
- Uprising of the Moriscos of the old Nasrid kingdom against the restrictive measures of Philip II that prohibited their language, dress and traditional customs. The revolt, led by Fernando de Válor (Aben Humeya), lasted three years and was suppressed by Don Juan of Austria with the dispersion of 80,000 Moriscos throughout Castile. Forty years later, Philip III decreed the definitive expulsion (1609-1614).
- Arabism
- A word or place name in Castilian, Portuguese or Catalan borrowed from Andalusian Arabic. The Peninsula preserves thousands: aceite, azúcar, almohada, alcázar, azulejo, Guadalquivir, Atalaia, Azofra, Azambuja.
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