Melilla

English

Etymology

From Spanish Melilla, from Arabic مَلِيلْيَة (Malīlya), possibly from Berber.

Proper noun

Melilla

1. An autonomous city of Spain and exclave at the edge of Morocco.

Translations

Spanish exclave

• Arabic: مَلِيلْيَة f (malīlya)

  Moroccan Arabic: مليلية f (mlīlya)

• Catalan: Melilla
• Farefare: Meliya, Melilya
• Galician: Melilla (gl)
• Greek: Μελίγια f (Melígia)
• Latin: Melila; Rusadir n etc. (historical)
• Spanish: Melilla (es)
• Swedish: Melilla
• Tarifit: Mřič, Mlilt

See also

• Ceuta

Further reading

• Melilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈli.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [meˈli.ʎa]

Proper noun

Melilla f

1. Melilla (an autonomous city of Spain)

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic مَلِيلْيَة (malīlya), possibly of Berber origin, from [script needed] (Mlilt). More at Melilla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /meˈliʝa/ [meˈli.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈliʝa/ [meˈli.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /meˈliʎa/ [meˈli.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈliʃa/ [meˈli.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈliʒa/ [meˈli.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: Me‧li‧lla

Proper noun

Melilla ?

1. Melilla (an autonomous city of Spain)

Derived terms

• melillense