Alhambra is another example. This is also the origin of some definite articles in romance languages - el in Spanish and l' in French. So Alhambra in Spain migh

Alhambra is another example. This is also the origin of some definite articles in romance languages - el in Spanish and l' in French. So Alhambra in Spain might have been called Al Hambra or similar instead. Interestingly, in Persian (which uses Arabic script and shares some loanwords) which is a totally different language, the definite article is assumed, and it instead has an explicit indefinite article (-i or -yi) added to a noun/adjective.