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n. - Any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors.

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  • Mérida, where the Roman-Moorish "alcazar" towers proudly yet.
  • The ruins of a Moorish alcazar or citadel crown a rocky mound which rises out of the centre of the town.
  • This movie looks better than the fisrt one, looking forward to see the acting of mr alcazar like "Lord Sopespian"
  • Now let your worships turn your eyes to that tower that appears there, which is supposed to be one of the towers of the alcazar of Saragossa, now called the
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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