Malaga

See also: malaga, Málaga, and Màlaga

English

Malaga, Spain

Alternative forms

• Málaga

Etymology

From Spanish Málaga, from Arabic مَالَقَة (Mālaqa), from Latin Malaca, from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (Málaka or Malake) of uncertain origin but possibly derived from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”). The American places are from the Spanish city. The surname is also sometimes derived via Polish Malaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæləɡə/, /məˈlɑːɡə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Malaga (countable and uncountable, plural Malagas)

2. A port city in Andalusia, Spain.
3. A province of Andalusia, Spain, around the city.
4. A place in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Fresno County, California.
   2. An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
   3. A census-designated place in Eddy County, New Mexico.
   4. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Monroe County, Ohio.
   5. An unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington.
5. A suburb of Perth, in the City of Swan, Western Australia.
6. A surname.

Derived terms

• Malagan

Translations

port city in Spain

• Arabic: مَالَقَة f (Mālaqa)

  Hijazi Arabic: مالقة f (Mālaga, Mālga)

• Armenian: Մալագա (Malaga)
• Catalan: Màlaga f
• French: Malaga (fr)
• Galician: Málaga (gl)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Μάλακα f (Málaka)

  Modern: Μάλαγα (el) f (Málaga)

• Hebrew: מָלָגָה (he) (Malága)
• Latin: Malaca f
• Marathi: मालागा (mālāgā)
• Polish: Malaga (pl) f, Málaga (pl) f
• Portuguese: Málaga f
• Russian: Ма́лага (ru) (Málaga)
• Spanish: Málaga (es) f

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Malaga is the 36204^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 619 individuals. Malaga is most common among Hispanic/Latino (65.91%), White (20.68%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (12.28%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Malaga”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 496.

Polish

Malaga

Alternative forms

• Málaga (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Málaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.la.ɡa/, (colloquial) /maˈla.ɡa/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -alaɡa, -aɡa
• Syllabification: Ma‧la‧ga
• Homophone: malaga

Proper noun

Malaga f (related adjective malagijski)

1. Malaga (a city and province of Spain)

Declension

Declension of Malaga

	singular
nominative	Malaga
genitive	Malagi
dative	Maladze
accusative	Malagę
instrumental	Malagą
locative	Maladze
vocative	Malago

Derived terms

nouns

• malaga
• malagijczyk
• malagijka

 

Further reading

• Malaga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Malaga in PWN's encyclopedia
• “Malaga”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022