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malaga

/ˈmæləɡə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
mala-ga
IPA
/ˈmæləɡə/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A port city, the capital of the province of Malaga, Andalusia, Spain.

Countable; Uncountable

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A province of Andalusia, Spain, around the city.

Countable; Uncountable

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A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Spanish Málaga, from Arabic مَالَقَة (Mālaqa), from Latin Malaca, from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk /⁠Málaka/ or /Malake⁠/) of uncertain origin but possibly derived from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”). The American places are from the Spanish city. The surname is also sometimes derived via Polish Malaga.

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Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Malagas (plural) Málaga (alternative)

Derived Forms

Malagan

Questions

How do you pronounce malaga?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmæləɡə/.
What does malaga mean?
A port city, the capital of the province of Malaga, Andalusia, Spain.
Where does malaga come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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