Melilla

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English

Etymology

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    Tarifit mlel
    Tarifit Mliltbor.
    Arabic مَلِيلْيَة (malīlya)bor.
    Spanish Melillabor.
    English Melilla

    Borrowed from Spanish Melilla.

    Proper noun

    Melilla

    2. An autonomous city of Spain and exclave at the edge of Morocco.

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    Catalan

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    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Melilla f

    1. Melilla (an autonomous city of Spain)

    Spanish

    Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia es

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic مَلِيلْيَة (malīlya), from Tarifit Mlilt.[1]

      Pronunciation

       
      • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈliʝa/
      • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /meˈliʎa/
      • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈliʃa/
      • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈliʒa/

       

      • Syllabification: Me‧li‧lla

      Proper noun

      Melilla f

      1. Melilla (an autonomous city of Spain and exclave at the edge of Morocco)

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      • → English: Melilla

      References

      1. ^ Yahia, Jahfar Hassan (2014). Curso de lengua tamazight, nivel elemental. Caminando en la didáctica de la lengua rifeña
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