Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Alcalá de Henares" in English language version.
etymology of Alcalá: its Roman name, Complutum, arose from the fact that all the water-courses met there
Its old Roman name of Complutum was given to it, because it was the confluence, or meeting place of two rivers
On a appelé compluvium le lieu où réunissaient les eaux pluviales. Varro= "They called the place where rain waters flowed together compluvium."
The old city bore the name of Complutum, or Compluvium, from a confluence of rivers close to it .
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Its old Roman name of Complutum was given to it, because it was the confluence, or meeting place of two rivers
On a appelé compluvium le lieu où réunissaient les eaux pluviales. Varro= "They called the place where rain waters flowed together compluvium."
The old city bore the name of Complutum, or Compluvium, from a confluence of rivers close to it .