Malaca

== English == === Proper noun === Malaca 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.ɫa.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.la.ka] === Proper noun === Malaca f sg (genitive Malacae); first declension Malaga (a city in the modern province of Malaga, Andalusia, Spain) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: مَالَقَة (mālaqa)→ 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 Malacca (a state of Malaysia)