Albuquerque

English

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).

Pronunciation

• (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

Proper noun

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], archived from the original on 29 July 2025:

     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.

Synonyms

(Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA):

abbreviation

• ABQ
• Abq.
• Abq
• Alb.
• Alb

• Burque
• Duke City

Derived terms

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

• Albuquerquean
• Albuquerque turkey
• Burqueño
• take a wrong turn at Albuquerque

Descendants

• → Kurtöp: ཨ་བུ་ཀ་ཀི ('Abukaki)

Translations

city

• Akan: Albukɛɛki
• Arabic: أَلْبُوكِيرْكِي (ʔalbūkīrkī)
• Armenian: Ալբուկերկե (Albukerke)
• Farefare: Albukerke
• French: Albuquerque (fr) f
• Georgian: ალბუკერკე (albuḳerḳe)
• Greek: Αλμπουκέρκη (el) f (Almpoukérki)
• Hebrew: אלבקרקי or אַלְבּוּקֶרְקִי (ʾalbûqerqî)
• Hopi: Alavakyeekye, Alaviiya
• Navajo: Beeʼeldííl Dahsinil
• Portuguese: Albuquerque (pt) f
• Russian: Альбуке́рке (ru) m (Alʹbukérke)
• Spanish: Albuquerque (es)
• Ukrainian: Альбуке́рке n (Alʹbukérke)

See also

• Quercus alba
• Q. alba
• Quercus
• alba

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.buˈkɛʁ.ki/ [aʊ̯.buˈkɛh.ki]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.buˈkɛʁ.ki/ [aʊ̯.buˈkɛh.ki]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.buˈkɛɾ.ki/ [aʊ̯.buˈkɛɾ.ki]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.buˈkɛʁ.ki/ [aʊ̯.buˈkɛχ.ki]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aw.buˈkɛɻ.ki/ [aʊ̯.buˈkɛɻ.ki]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.buˈkɛʁ.ke/ [aʊ̯.buˈkɛh.ke]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.buˈkɛɾ.kɨ/ [aɫ.βuˈkɛɾ.kɨ]

• Hyphenation: Al‧bu‧quer‧que

Proper noun

Albuquerque ?

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

Related terms

• Alburquerque
• de Albuquerque

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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