"Malagasy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/, /mæləˈɡeɪzi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Malagasy.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Malagasy2.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Malagasy malagasy, connected to "Mālāī-Jezīra", island of Malais. Compare English Madagascar, which by folk etymology comes from Marco Polo's misreading of Mogadishu whereas it should be Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “The Island of Mālāī”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mg|malagasy}} Malagasy malagasy, {{ncog|en|Madagascar}} English Madagascar, {{l|en|Mogadishu}} Mogadishu, {{der|en|ar|جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ|t=The Island of Mālāī|tr=jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy}} Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “The Island of Mālāī”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Malagasy (not comparable)
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Madagascar. Tags: not-comparable Categories (place): Madagascar Translations (pertaining to Madagascar): Malgassies (Afrikaans), Madagaskars (Afrikaans), মালাগাসি (malagaśi) (Bengali), malgaix (Catalan), 馬拉加斯的 (Chinese Mandarin), 马拉加斯的 (Chinese Mandarin), 马拉加斯的 (Mǎlājiāsī de) (Chinese Mandarin), malgašský (Czech), madagaskarilainen (Finnish), malgache (French), madagassisch (German), માલાગાસી (mālāgāsī) (Gujarati), मालागासी (mālāgāsī) (Hindi), madagaszkári (Hungarian), malgas (Hungarian), gasy (Malagasy), gassisk (Norwegian Bokmål), madagassisk (Norwegian Bokmål), gassisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), madagassisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), madagaskarski (Polish), malgaski (Polish), malgaxe [masculine] (Portuguese), madagascarense (Portuguese), малагаси́йский (malagasíjskij) (Russian), malgache (Spanish), madagaskisk (Swedish), madagassisk (Swedish), malagassisk (Swedish), malgaş (Turkish), madagaskarlı (Turkish), мадагаска́рський (madahaskársʹkyj) (Ukrainian), малагасійський (malahasijsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Malagasy-en-adj-llzYU~GH Disambiguation of Madagascar: 31 0 0 35 33 0 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to Madagascar': 100 0 0
  2. Of or pertaining to the Malagasy people. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Malagasy-en-adj-FyuAqyRa
  3. Of, pertaining to or in the Malagasy language. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Malagasy-en-adj-EhIkQETX Disambiguation of Languages: 3 1 25 4 35 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Malagasy civet Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Malagasy terms

Noun

IPA: /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/, /mæləˈɡeɪzi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Malagasy.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Malagasy2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Malagasy [plural], Malagasies [plural]
Etymology: From Malagasy malagasy, connected to "Mālāī-Jezīra", island of Malais. Compare English Madagascar, which by folk etymology comes from Marco Polo's misreading of Mogadishu whereas it should be Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “The Island of Mālāī”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mg|malagasy}} Malagasy malagasy, {{ncog|en|Madagascar}} English Madagascar, {{l|en|Mogadishu}} Mogadishu, {{der|en|ar|جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ|t=The Island of Mālāī|tr=jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy}} Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “The Island of Mālāī”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|Malagasy|+}} Malagasy (countable and uncountable, plural Malagasy or Malagasies)
  1. (countable) A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent. Tags: countable Categories (place): Madagascar Translations (person): Malgas (Afrikaans), malgaix [masculine] (Catalan), 馬拉加斯人 (Chinese Mandarin), 马拉加斯人 (Mǎlājiāsī rén) (Chinese Mandarin), Malgaš [masculine] (Czech), madagaskarano (english: man or woman) (Esperanto), madagaskaranino (english: woman) (Esperanto), malagassi (Finnish), Malgache [feminine, masculine] (French), Madagasse [masculine] (German), Madagassin [feminine] (German), malgas (Hungarian), madagaszkári (Hungarian), malgascio [masculine] (Italian), малагасий (malagasii) (Kazakh), malagasy (Malagasy), gasy (Malagasy), gasser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), madagasser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gassar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), madagassar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), malgaxe [masculine] (Portuguese), madagascarense (Portuguese), малагаси́ец (malagasíjec) [masculine] (Russian), малагаси́йка (malagasíjka) [feminine] (Russian), malgache (Spanish), Mbukini (Swahili), madagask [common-gender] (Swedish), madagaskiska [common-gender, feminine] (Swedish), Madagaskarlı (Turkish), Malgaş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Malagasy-en-noun-miHDAFdp Disambiguation of Madagascar: 31 0 0 35 33 0 Disambiguation of 'person': 100 0 0
  2. (uncountable) The languages of Madagascar or of the Malagasy people, when considered to be one language. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Languages Categories (place): Madagascar Translations (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language): Malgassies (Afrikaans), Malagassi (Afrikaans), մալգաշերեն (malgašeren) (Armenian), malgaix [masculine] (Catalan), 馬拉加斯語 (Chinese Mandarin), 马拉加斯语 (Mǎlājiāsī yǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), malgaština [feminine] (Czech), malagassisk (Danish), Malgasy (Dutch), malagassi (Finnish), malgache [masculine] (French), malgaxe [masculine] (Galician), Madagassisch [neuter] (German), malgas (Hungarian), malagasíska [feminine] (Icelandic), bahasa Madagaskar (Indonesian), malgascio [masculine] (Italian), マダガスカル語 (Madagasukaru-go) (Japanese), マラガシ語 (Maragashi-go) (Japanese), fiteny malagasy (Malagasy), malagasy (Malagasy), Malagasii Dineʼé bizaad (Navajo), gassisk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), madagassisk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gassisk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), madagassisk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), malgaxe [masculine] (Portuguese), малагаси́йский (malagasíjskij) [masculine] (Russian), мальга́шский (malʹgášskij) [archaic, masculine] (Russian), malgache [masculine] (Spanish), Kibukini (Swahili), malagassiska [common-gender] (Swedish), Malgaşça (Turkish), Madagaskarca (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Malagasy-en-noun-u~ZDICCj Disambiguation of Languages: 3 1 25 4 35 32 Disambiguation of Madagascar: 31 0 0 35 33 0 Disambiguation of 'the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language': 10 71 19
  3. (in particular) The chief lect of this language or language group. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Malagasy-en-noun-Nqrh7bjn Disambiguation of Languages: 3 1 25 4 35 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 22 6 20 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 2 6 12 10 63

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          "roman": "Mǎlājiāsī yǔ",
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          "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
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          "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
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          "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
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          "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
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          "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
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          "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
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          "word": "Madagassisch"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
          "word": "malgas"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "malagasíska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 71 19",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
          "word": "bahasa Madagaskar"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
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          ],
          "word": "malgascio"
        },
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          "roman": "Maragashi-go",
          "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
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        },
        {
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "Malgas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malgaix"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "馬拉加斯人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Mǎlājiāsī rén",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "马拉加斯人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Malgaš"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "english": "man or woman",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "madagaskarano"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "english": "woman",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "madagaskaranino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "malagassi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Malgache"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Madagasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Madagassin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "malgas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "madagaszkári"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malgascio"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "malagasii",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "малагасий"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "malagasy"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "gasy"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "madagasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "madagassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malgaxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "madagascarense"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "malagasíjec",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "малагаси́ец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "malagasíjka",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "малагаси́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "malgache"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "Mbukini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "madagask"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madagaskiska"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "Madagaskarlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "Malgaş"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "Malgassies"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "Malagassi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "malgašeren",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "մալգաշերեն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malgaix"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "馬拉加斯語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Mǎlājiāsī yǔ",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "马拉加斯语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malgaština"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "malagassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "Malgasy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "malagassi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malgache"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malgaxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Madagassisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "malgas"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malagasíska"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "bahasa Madagaskar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malgascio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Madagasukaru-go",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "マダガスカル語"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Maragashi-go",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "マラガシ語"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "fiteny malagasy"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "malagasy"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "Malagasii Dineʼé bizaad"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "madagassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "madagassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malgaxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "малагаси́йский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "malʹgášskij",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мальга́шский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malgache"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "Kibukini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "malagassiska"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "Malgaşça"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language",
      "word": "Madagaskarca"
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}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
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    "English terms derived from Arabic",
    "English terms derived from Malagasy",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Requests for review of Gujarati translations",
    "Requests for review of Hindi translations",
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      "word": "Malagasy civet"
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      "name": "bor"
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      "name": "ncog"
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        "3": "جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ",
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        "tr": "jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “The Island of Mālāī”)",
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      "ipa": "/ˌmæləˈɡæsi/"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "Malgassies"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "Madagaskars"
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "malagaśi",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "মালাগাসি"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "malgaix"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "馬拉加斯的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "马拉加斯的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Mǎlājiāsī de",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "马拉加斯的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "malgašský"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "madagaskarilainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "malgache"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "madagassisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "mālāgāsī",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "માલાગાસી"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mālāgāsī",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "मालागासी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "madagaszkári"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "malgas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "gasy"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "gassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "madagassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "gassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "madagassisk"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "madagaskarski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "malgaski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malgaxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "madagascarense"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "malagasíjskij",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "малагаси́йский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "malgache"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "madagaskisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "madagassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "malagassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "malgaş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "madagaskarlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "madahaskársʹkyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "мадагаска́рський"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "malahasijsʹkyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to Madagascar",
      "word": "малагасійський"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Malagasy"
  ],
  "word": "Malagasy"
}

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