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Alhamʹbra

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The palace of the ancient Moors in Granaʹda. The word is the Arabic al-hamra, or at full length kalʹ-at al hamra (the red castle).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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