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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Alham’bra.
 
The palace of the ancient Moors in Grana’da. The word is the Arabic al-hamra, or at full length kal’-at al hamra (the red castle).   1
 


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