Malaca

See also: Málaca

English

Proper noun

Malaca

Obsolete form of Malacca.

Latin

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊‎ (mlk), like Ancient Greek Μαλάκη (Malákē).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la.ka/, [ˈmäɫ̪äkä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la.ka/, [ˈmäːläkä]

Proper noun

Malaca f sg (genitive Malacae); first declension

Málaga (a city in 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
  - → English: Málaga
  - → Portuguese: 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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