(n) king of Spain and Portugal and husband of Mary I; he supported the Counter Reformation and sent the Spanish Armada to invade England (1527-1598), Syn. Philip II of Spain
[阿尔坎塔拉 / 阿爾坎塔拉, Ā ěr kǎn tǎ lāㄚ ㄦˇ ㄎㄢˇ ㄊㄚˇ ㄌㄚ] Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain; Alcantara, Brazil space launch site#546388
[なんばん, nanban] (n) (1) (arch) (derog) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (2) (arch) South-East Asia; (3) (arch) (See 紅毛・2) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); (pref) (4) exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (n) (5) (usu.ナンバ) (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); (6) (abbr) (See 南蛮煮・なんばんに・2) food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions; (P)