A wharf, dock, or landing place where ships load and unload cargo, particularly used in Spanish-speaking regions.
From Spanish embarcadero, from embarcar (to embark), from em- (in) + barca (boat), from Latin barca (small ship). The term entered English when describing ports in Spanish colonial America.
San Francisco's Embarcadero is one of the world's most famous waterfronts, and the word embarcadero itself is a perfect example of how English borrowed Spanish vocabulary for maritime features in the Americas where Spanish shipping culture dominated.
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