Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maloca

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-lo-ca
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional longhouse used by the natives of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil.

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese maloca, from Spanish maloca (“raid, attack”), from Mapudungun malocán (“to fight”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: maloca, malocán

Inflected Forms

malocas (plural) malocca (alternative)

Questions

What does maloca mean?: A traditional longhouse used by the natives of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil.
Where does maloca come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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