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)

Places

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

:* Alcântara Maritime Terminal, a former ocean liner terminal in Lisbon

  • São Pedro de Alcântara, Franciscan monastery in Lisbon

Spain

  • , 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 (), 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
  • , British ocean liner of Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
  • , 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