"Malacca" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /məˈlaka/ [Malaysia], /məˈlakə/ [Malaysia], /məˈlækə/ [General-American, UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Malacca.wav [US]
Etymology: From Malay Melaka, probably after melaka, a kind of tree that grows in the region. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ms|Melaka}} Malay Melaka, {{m|ms|melaka}} melaka Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Malacca
  1. A state in western Malaysia. Categories (place): Places in Malaysia, States of Malaysia
    Sense id: en-Malacca-en-name-IIhamVTf Disambiguation of States of Malaysia: 34 40 19 7
  2. The capital city of Malacca State, Malaysia. Categories (place): Cities in Malacca, Cities in Malaysia, Places in Malacca, Places in Malaysia, States of Malaysia
    Sense id: en-Malacca-en-name-FwBK~qGc Disambiguation of States of Malaysia: 34 40 19 7 Categories (other): State capitals of Malaysia
  3. Short for Strait of Malacca. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Strait of Malacca Categories (place): States of Malaysia Synonyms: Melaka Derived forms: Malacca cane, Strait of Malacca Related terms (not to be confused with): Molucca
    Sense id: en-Malacca-en-name-ya8D1xC9 Disambiguation of States of Malaysia: 34 40 19 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 5 67 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 5 80 14 Disambiguation of 'not to be confused with': 6 36 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (state in Malaysia): مَلَقَّا (malaqqā) [masculine] (Arabic), မာလကာ (mala.ka) (Burmese), 馬六甲 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 马六甲 (Má-la̍k-kah) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 馬六甲 (Chinese Cantonese), 马六甲 (maa⁵ luk⁶ gaap³) (Chinese Cantonese), 馬六甲 (Chinese Mandarin), 马六甲 (Mǎliùjiǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Malaka (Farefare), Malacca (French), Malakka (German), Μαλάκκα (Malákka) (Greek), 馬六甲 (Hakka Chinese), 马六甲 (Mâ-liuk-kap) (Hakka Chinese), मलक्का (malakkā) (Hindi), Melaka (Indonesian), Malacca (Italian), マラッカ (Marakka) (Japanese), 말라카 (mallaka) (Korean), Melaka (Malay), Malaca [feminine] (Portuguese), Málaca [feminine] (Portuguese), Мала́кка (Malákka) [feminine] (Russian), Malaca [feminine] (Spanish), Malaka (Tagalog), ᜋᜎᜃ (malaka) (Tagalog), மலாக்கா (malākkā) (Tamil), మలక్కా (malakkā) (Telugu), มะละกา (má-lá-gaa) (Thai)
Disambiguation of 'state in Malaysia': 53 47 0

Noun

IPA: /məˈlaka/ [Malaysia], /məˈlakə/ [Malaysia], /məˈlækə/ [General-American, UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Malacca.wav [US] Forms: Malaccas [plural]
Etymology: From Malay Melaka, probably after melaka, a kind of tree that grows in the region. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ms|Melaka}} Malay Melaka, {{m|ms|melaka}} melaka Head templates: {{en-noun}} Malacca (plural Malaccas)
  1. Short for Malacca cane. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Malacca cane
    Sense id: en-Malacca-en-noun-asFmmkxz

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "en:Places in Malaysia",
        "en:State capitals of Malaysia"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The capital city of Malacca State, Malaysia."
      ],
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        [
          "capital city",
          "capital city"
        ],
        [
          "Malacca",
          "Malacca#English"
        ],
        [
          "Malaysia",
          "Malaysia#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Strait of Malacca"
        }
      ],
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2000, K. Sridharan, Sea: Our Saviour, Taylor & Francis, page 67",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Asia Pacific Defense Forum, page 4",
          "text": "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 […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Gabriel Collins, Andew Erickson, Lyle Goldstein, William Murray, China's Energy Strategy: The Impact on Bejing's Maritime Policies, Naval Institute Press",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Michael C. Carhart, Leibniz Discovers Asia: Social Networking in the Republic of Letters, JHU Press, page 114",
          "text": "[…] 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 […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for Strait of Malacca."
      ],
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        [
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          "Strait of Malacca#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/məˈlaka/",
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈlakə/",
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈlækə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    {
      "word": "Melaka"
    }
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      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "မာလကာ"
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      "word": "馬六甲"
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      "word": "馬六甲"
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "馬六甲"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Mǎliùjiǎ",
      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "马六甲"
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      "code": "gur",
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "Malaka"
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "Malacca"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "Malakka"
    },
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      "roman": "Malákka",
      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "Malacca"
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "말라카"
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "Melaka"
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
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    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Málaca"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "Malákka",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "Malaka"
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      "roman": "malaka",
      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "ᜋᜎᜃ"
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      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "மலாக்கா"
    },
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "malakkā",
      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "మలక్కా"
    },
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      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "má-lá-gaa",
      "sense": "state in Malaysia",
      "word": "มะละกา"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Malacca"
  ],
  "word": "Malacca"
}

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      "name": "bor"
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          "word": "Malacca cane"
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          "ref": "1853, Carroll & Hutchinson (New York), Things of Beauty Set with Gems of Verse (page 115)",
          "text": "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."
        }
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    {
      "word": "Melaka"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
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  ],
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}

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