Malacca

See also: malacca

English

The Strait of Malacca connects the Pacific Ocean to the east with the Indian Ocean to the west.

Alternative forms

• Melaka

Etymology

From Malay Melaka, probably after melaka, a kind of tree that grows in the region.

Pronunciation

• (Malaysia) IPA^(key): /məˈlaka/, /məˈlakə/
• (UK, General American, Singapore) IPA^(key): /məˈlækə/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Malacca

1. A state in western Malaysia.
2. The capital city of Malacca State, Malaysia.
3. Short for Strait of Malacca.
   • 2000, K. Sridharan, Sea: Our Saviour, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 67:

     The Arabs were not pioneers on this route; even earlier than this period Indian ships had sailed through Malacca to Java and went as far as China.

   • 2010, Asia Pacific Defense Forum, page 4:

     Consider these facts : • In just one year, U.S. $ 400 billion in cargo — including 80 percent of the oil transported to Northeast Asia moves through Malacca on 60,000 ships; • Of the 15 largest ports in the world, 12 are in the Asia […]

   • 2012, Gabriel Collins, Andew Erickson, Lyle Goldstein, William Murray, China's Energy Strategy: The Impact on Bejing's Maritime Policies, Naval Institute Press, →ISBN:

     Moreover, the per barrel cost of pumping oil through Burma to Yunnan and then refining it and transporting it to market will likely be several times the cost of carrying it through Malacca on a supertanker to Eastern China's large demand centers.

   • 2019, Michael C. Carhart, Leibniz Discovers Asia: Social Networking in the Republic of Letters, JHU Press, →ISBN, page 114:

     […] when the Portuguese had owned a de facto monopoly on shipping routes across the Indian Ocean, through Malacca to the Indies, and along the Pacific coast  […]

Derived terms

• Malacca cane
• Strait of Malacca

Translations

state in Malaysia

• Arabic: مَلَقَّا m (malaqqā)
• Burmese: မာလကာ (my) (mala.ka)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬六甲／马六甲 (maa⁵ luk⁶ gaap³)

  Hakka: 馬六甲／马六甲 (Mâ-liuk-kap)

  Hokkien: 馬六甲／马六甲 (Má-la̍k-kah)

  Mandarin: 馬六甲／马六甲 (zh) (Mǎliùjiǎ)

• Farefare: Malaka
• French: Malacca (fr)
• German: Malakka
• Greek: Μαλάκκα (el) (Malákka)
• Hindi: मलक्का (malakkā)
• Indonesian: Melaka (id)
• Italian: Malacca
• Japanese: マラッカ (Marakka)
• Korean: 말라카 (mallaka)
• Malay: Melaka
• Marathi: मलाक्का (malākkā)
• Portuguese: Malaca f, Málaca f
• Russian: Мала́кка (ru) f (Malákka)
• Spanish: Malaca f
• Tagalog: Malaka, ᜋᜎᜃ (malaka)
• Tamil: மலாக்கா (malākkā)
• Telugu: మలక్కా (malakkā)
• Thai: มะละกา (má-lá-gaa)

See also

• (not to be confused with) Molucca

Noun

Malacca (plural Malaccas)

1. Short for Malacca cane.
   • 1853, Carroll & Hutchinson (New York), Things of Beauty Set with Gems of Verse (page 115)

     Walking Canes, from low priced to the richest and most costly description. Novelties in French Cane mountings. A choice collection of Malaccas and other Sticks.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Malacca f

1. Alternative spelling of Malaca