Malaca

See also: Málaca

English

Proper noun

Malaca

1. Obsolete form of Malacca.

Latin

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk), possibly via Ancient Greek Μαλάκη (Malákē) and possibly from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la.ka/, [ˈmäɫ̪äkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.la.ka/, [ˈmäːläkä]

Proper noun

Malaca f sg (genitive Malacae); first declension

1. Malaga (a city in Andalusia, 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
    • → Catalan: Màlaga
    • → English: Malaga, Málaga
    • → Greek: Μάλαγα (Málaga)
    • → Hebrew: מָלָגָה (Malága)
    • → Polish: Malaga, Málaga
    • → Portuguese: Málaga
    • → Russian: Ма́лага (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

• Málaca
• Malacca

Proper noun

Malaca f

1. Malacca (a state of Malaysia)