Malacca

See also: malacca

English

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

Alternative forms

• Melaka

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈlaka/, /məˈlakə/
• IPA^(key): /məˈlækə/

Proper noun

Malacca

1. A state in western Malaysia.
2. The capital city of Malacca State, Malaysia.
3. Short for Strait of Malacca.
   • 2000, K. Sridharan, Sea: Our Saviour, Taylor & Francis (→ISBN), page 67:

     The Arabs were not pioneers on this route; even earlier than this period Indian ships had sailed through Malacca to Java and went as far as China.

   • 2010, Asia Pacific Defense Forum, page 4:

     Consider these facts : • In just one year, U.S. $ 400 billion in cargo — including 80 percent of the oil transported to Northeast Asia moves through Malacca on 60,000 ships; • Of the 15 largest ports in the world, 12 are in the Asia […]

   • 2012, Gabriel Collins, Andew Erickson, Lyle Goldstein, William Murray, China's Energy Strategy: The Impact on Bejing's Maritime Policies, Naval Institute Press (→ISBN):

     Moreover, the per barrel cost of pumping oil through Burma to Yunnan and then refining it and transporting it to market will likely be several times the cost of carrying it through Malacca on a supertanker to Eastern China's large demand centers.

   • 2019, Michael C. Carhart, Leibniz Discovers Asia: Social Networking in the Republic of Letters, JHU Press (→ISBN), page 114:

     […] when the Portuguese had owned a de facto monopoly on shipping routes across the Indian Ocean, through Malacca to the Indies, and along the Pacific coast  […]

Derived terms

• Malacca cane
• Strait of Malacca

Translations

state in Malaysia

• Burmese: မာလကာ (my) (mala.ka)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬六甲／马六甲 (maa⁵ luk⁶ gaap³), 马六甲 (maa⁵ luk⁶ gaap³)

  Hakka: 馬六甲／马六甲, 马六甲 (Mâ-liuk-kap)

  Mandarin: 馬六甲／马六甲 (zh) (Mǎliùjiǎ), 马六甲 (zh) (Mǎliùjiǎ)

  Min Nan: 馬六甲／马六甲, 马六甲 (Má-la̍k-kah)

• Hindi: मलक्का (malakkā)
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• Indonesian: Melaka (id)
• Japanese: マラッカ (Marakka)
• Malay: Melaka
• Portuguese: Malaca f, Málaca f
• Russian: Мала́кка (ru) f (Malákka)
• Spanish: Malaca f
• Tamil: மலாக்கா (malākkā)
• Telugu: మలక్కా (malakkā)

See also

• (not to be confused with) Molucca

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Malacca f

1. Alternative spelling of Malaca