Elche

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in Spain.

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪlt͡ʃeɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Elche.wav

Word forms

Elche

Etymology

From Spanish Elche, from Ancient Greek Ἑλίκη (Helíkē, “A nymph who took care of Zeus in his infancy on Crete”). The Spanish city was named after Helike by Greek colonists.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.