Malaspina

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian Malaspina and/or Latin Malaspīna.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Malaspina

  1. A surname from Italian or Latin

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian Malaspina and/or Latin Malaspīna.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Malaspina m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Malaspinas or (with an article) Malaspina, feminine genitive Malaspina, plural Malaspinas)

  1. a surname from Italian or Latin, equivalent to English Malaspina

Declension

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Either from mala (bad) +‎ spina (thorn) or from Latin Malaspīna.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Malaspina m or f by sense

  1. a surname, equivalent to English Malaspina
  2. a noble family from Massa and Carrara

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either from mala (bad) +‎ spīna (thorn) or from Italian Malaspina.

Pronunciation

nominative and vocative
ablative

Proper noun

Malaspīna m sg or f sg (genitive Malaespīnae); first declension

  1. a surname, equivalent to English Malaspina

Declension

First-declension adjective with a first-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Malaspīna
genitive Malaespīnae
dative Malaespīnae
accusative Malamspīnam
ablative Malāspīnā
vocative Malaspīna

Descendants

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian Malaspina and/or Latin Malaspīna, in the form Malaespina altered after espina (thorn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /malasˈpina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: Ma‧las‧pi‧na

Proper noun

Malaspina m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Italian or Latin, equivalent to English Malaspina
    1. Alejandro Malaspina (1754–1810), Tuscan explorer and officer in the Spanish Armada