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.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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).[1] More at Melilla.

Pronunciation
 
  • 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]

 
  • (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

References
  1. Yahia, Jahfar Hassan (2014). Curso de lengua tamazight, nivel elemental. Caminando en la didáctica de la lengua rifeña
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