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Webster 1913 Edition

Malacca

Ma-lac′ca

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Noun.
A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.

Definition 2025

Malacca

Malacca

See also: malacca

English

The Strait of Malacca connects the Pacific Ocean to the east with the Indian Ocean to the west.

Proper noun

Malacca

  1. State in western Malaysia.
  2. Capital of Malacca state.
  3. A narrow stretch of water between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

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Translations

Portuguese

Proper noun

Malacca f

  1. Alternative spelling of Malaca

malacca

malacca

See also: Malacca

Italian

Noun

malacca f ‎(plural malacche)

  1. rattan

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Etymology

From Malay Melaka, probably after melaka, a kind of tree that grows in the region.

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