Madagaskara

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Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian Мадагаскар (Madagaskar).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Madagaskara

  1. Madagascar (a country in Africa)
  2. Madagascar (an island in Africa)
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 124:
      Frantsian koloniat ollaa Afrikan länsipohjaisees osas: Frantsialle kuuluu Madagaskaran saari liki Afrikan itälounatrantoja ja Aaziaas Indokitajan poolisaaren itäosa.
      France's colonies are on the northwest side of Africa: To France belongs the island of Madagaskar close to the southeast of Africa, and in Asia the eastern part of the peninsula Indochina.

Declension[edit]

Declension of Madagaskara (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Madagaskara
genitive Madagaskaran
partitive Madagaskaraa
illative Madagaskaraa
inessive Madagaskaraas
elative Madagaskarast
allative Madagaskaralle
adessive Madagaskaraal
ablative Madagaskaralt
translative Madagaskaraks
essive Madagaskaranna, Madagaskaraan
exessive1) Madagaskarant
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Madagaskara f (4th declension)

  1. Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)

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