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Melilla

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Etymology

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    Tarifit mlel
    Tarifit Mliltbor.
    Arabic مَلِيلْيَة (malīlya)bor.
    Spanish Melillabor.
    English Melilla

    Borrowed from Spanish Melilla.

    Proper noun

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    Melilla

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

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    Catalan

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    Proper noun

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    Melilla f

    1. Melilla (an autonomous city of Spain)

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Arabic مَلِيلْيَة (malīlya), from Tarifit Mlilt.[1]

      Pronunciation

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

       

      • Syllabification: Me‧li‧lla

      Proper noun

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      Melilla f

      1. Melilla (an autonomous city of Spain and exclave at the edge of Morocco)

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      Descendants

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      • → English: Melilla

      References

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