In the 16th century, the Spanish borrowed the Arabic word for
sea eagle al-ghattas, and it became the Spanish word for a pelican
Alcatraz. The English name of this bird has been borrowed from
Alcatraz.
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Albatross
This is a strange one: In the 16th century, the Arabic word for a sea eagle, al-ghattas, was borrowed into Spanish and became the Spanish word for a pelican, alcatraz (which is where the island with the prison gets its name)
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Albatross is the answer
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