| I agree with zzyzx501. The town of Alburquerque, although very close to the Portuguese border, is in Spain. And from Alburquerque, Spain, came the Duke of Alburquerque, viceroy of New Spain (Mexico), who gave its name to the city of Albuquerque, NM (the spelling was simplified by dropping an "r"). Therefore, the origin of the city name is completely Spanish. And although the discoverer Columbus was Italian, the surname Columbus is a Latin word (it was very common to translate one's name into Latin, the international language in those times). In Italian, his name was Cristoforo Colombo. |
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