Alcantara

Alcantara, Alcântara (Portuguese), Alcántara (Spanish), Alcàntara, Alcàntera, El-Qantarah and (El) Kantara are all transliterations of the Arabic word al-qantara (القنطرة), meaning "the bridge".

Alcantara may refer to:

People

 * Alcantara (surname)

Algeria

 * El Kantara, town and commune in Biskra province
 * El Kantara District, in Biskra province

Brazil

 * Alcântara, Maranhão, city in the state of Maranhão
 * Alcântara Launch Center, Maranhão, satellite launch center
 * Alcântara River, Rio de Janeiro state
 * Barra d'Alcântara, municipality in the state of Piauí
 * Dom Pedro de Alcântara, municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul
 * São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, municipality

Chile

 * The area near Alcántara metro station in northeastern Santiago

Cyprus

 * Kantara Castle, in the Kyrenia mountains

Egypt

 * El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya, city in the governorate of Shamal Sina, on the eastern side of the Suez Canal

Italy

 * Alcantara (river) (Alcàntara in Sicilian), a river of Sicily

Philippines

 * Alcantara, Cebu, municipality in the province of Cebu
 * Alcantara, Romblon, municipality in the province of Romblon

Portugal

 * Alcântara, Lisbon, civil parish of Lisbon
 * São Pedro de Alcântara, Franciscan monastery in Lisbon

Spain

 * Tierra de Alcántara, comarca (district) located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
 * Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
 * Alcántara Dam, in Tagus river near the town with the same name
 * Alcántara Bridge, Roman bridge over the Tagus river near the town with the same name
 * Valencia de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
 * Santiago de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
 * Herrera de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
 * Mata de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
 * Alcàntera de Xúquer (Alcántara de Júcar), municipality in the comarca of Ribera Alta, Valencian Community
 * San Pedro de Alcántara, town in the province of Málaga, Andalusia
 * San Vicente de Alcántara, municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura

Venezuela

 * Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality, municipality in Aragua state

Other uses

 * Alcantara (material), covering material manufactured by Alcantara SpA, Italy
 * Alcantara (plant), a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae
 * Battle of Alcantara (disambiguation)
 * Order of Alcántara, Spanish military order founded in the 12th century
 * RMS Alcantara (1913), British ocean liner of Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
 * RMS Alcantara (1926), British ocean liner of Royal Mail Lines

Cognate names

 * Alcantarilla (diminutive of Alcántara), a municipality in Murcia, Spain
 * Alcantarilha (diminutive of Alcântara), a parish in Portugal