Arabic origin of Portuguse word 'alcaide'

It´s alei with an accent in the i AND alhei with another accent.

sorry, aleli and alheli with an accent.

Thanks, naturebright. Could you give me a link to wherever you got the arabic at #9 -- so that I can see it?

It seems to be this if anyone else is interested.

Also, a number of words beginning with "a" and another consonant, copying the pronunication of the direct object and the word in spoken Arabic, for example, aceite and arroz.

Alhelí ... though Google turns up lots of photos of various other flowers.

And an old song from the '50s (or maybe earlier):

Capullito de alhelí
Letra y música de Rafael Hernández

Lindo capullo de alhelí
Si tu supieras mi dolor
Correspondieras a mi amor
Y calmaras mi sufrir

Porque tu sabes que sin tí
La vida es nada para mí
Tu bien lo sabes
Capullito de alhelí

No hay
en el mundo para mí
Otro capullo de alhelí
Que yo le brinde mi pasión
Y que le de mi corazón

Tu solo eres la mujer
A quien le dado mi querer
Y te brinde lindo alhelí
Fidelidad hasta morir

Por eso yo te canto a tí
Mi capullito de alhelí
Dame tu aroma seductor
Y un poquito de tu amor

Porque tu sabes que sin tí
La vida es nada para mí
Tu bien lo sabes
Capullito de alhelí

alelhi

aleli

"Alcaide" may have been used in Portuguese in the past (I think so, but I'm not sure). But nowadays, a "mayor", or its equivalent, is called "Presidente da Câmara".

"Câmara", or "Câmara Municipal" means something like "Municipal Chamber", or "Ayuntamiento" in Spanish.

I've heard both "presidente municipal" and "alcalde" in Spanish. I think it's really a matter of local usage and the titles established by law in different countries.

Guadalquivir = (presumably) Wad al-Kabir?

#18 -- If you mean Wadi, then yes.