Malaca

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English

Proper noun

Malaca

Obsolete form of Malacca.

Latin

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk), possibly via Ancient Greek Μαλάκη (Malákē) and possibly from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la.ka/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la.ka/,

Proper noun

Malaca f sg (genitive Malacae); first declension

Malaga (a city in Andalusia, Spain)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Malaca
Genitive	Malacae
Dative	Malacae
Accusative	Malacam
Ablative	Malacā
Vocative	Malaca
Locative	Malacae

Descendants

→ Arabic: مالقة
- → Hijazi Arabic: مالقة (learned)
- → Spanish: Málaga
  - → Catalan: Màlaga
  - → English: Malaga, Málaga
  - → Greek: Μάλαγα (Málaga)
  - → Hebrew: מָלָגָה (Malága)
  - → Polish: Malaga, Málaga
  - → Portuguese: Málaga
  - → Russian: Ма́лага (Málaga)

References

“Malaca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Malaca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Malaca f

Malacca (a state of Malaysia)

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