"Melilla" meaning in Spanish

See Melilla in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /meˈliʝa/, [meˈli.ʝa], /meˈliʝa/, [meˈli.ʝa], /meˈliʎa/, [meˈli.ʎa], /meˈliʃa/, [meˈli.ʃa], /meˈliʒa/, [meˈli.ʒa], /meˈlia/, [meˈli.a]
Rhymes: -iʝa, -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain), -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines), -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs), -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay), -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama)) Etymology: Etymology tree Tarifit mliltbor. Arabic مَلِيلْيَة (malīlya)bor. Spanish Melilla Borrowed from Arabic مَلِيلْيَة (malīlya), from Tarifit mlilt. Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:bor|ar:مَلِيلْيَة<id:Melilla>|id=city|tree=1}} Etymology tree Tarifit mliltbor. Arabic مَلِيلْيَة (malīlya)bor. Spanish Melilla [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "Melilla", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "Melilla", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Tarifit", "term" : "mlilt", "lang" : "rif" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "مَلِيلْيَة", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "Melilla", "lang" : "es" }" data-id="city" data-lang="es" data-title="Melilla" id="Spanish:_city">, {{bor+|es|ar|مَلِيلْيَة}} Borrowed from Arabic مَلِيلْيَة (malīlya), {{der|es|rif|mlilt}} Tarifit mlilt Head templates: {{es-proper noun|f}} Melilla f
  1. Melilla (an autonomous city of Spain and exclave at the edge of Morocco) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places in Spain Derived forms: melillense
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