Alameda

See also: alameda

English

Etymology

From Spanish alameda (“avenue lined with poplars”).

Pronunciation

• (California) IPA^(key): /æləˈmidə/

• Audio (General American):

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Proper noun

Alameda

1. A municipality of Málaga, Spain.
2. Numerous place in the United States:
   1. 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.

   2. An unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
   3. A neighbourhood of Miami, Florida.
   4. An unincorporated community in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, apparently named for a cottonwood grove.
   5. A neighbourhood of Portland, Oregon.
3. A small town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Derived terms

• Alameda County

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/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐˈme.dɐ/ [ɐ.lɐˈme.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐˈme.dɐ/ [ɐ.lɐˈme.ðɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐˈme.dɐ/

• Hyphenation: A‧la‧me‧da
• Homophone: alameda

Proper noun

Alameda f

1. 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

1. Alameda (a town and municipality of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain)

Derived terms

• alamedano

Proper noun

Alameda m or f by sense

1. a surname