Associations to the word «Alhambra»

Wiktionary

ALHAMBRA, proper noun. A palace in Granada, Spain; historically a royal palace.
ALHAMBRA, proper noun. A solitaire card game played with two decks.

Dictionary definition

ALHAMBRA, noun. A fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats