Melipilla

English

Proper noun

Melipilla

1. A commune, provincial capital, and city in Chile.
2. A province in Chile.
3. A former department of Chile.

Translations

a city in Chile

• Spanish: Melipilla (es)

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /meliˈpiʝa/ [me.liˈpi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meliˈpiʝa/ [me.liˈpi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /meliˈpiʎa/ [me.liˈpi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meliˈpiʃa/ [me.liˈpi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meliˈpiʒa/ [me.liˈpi.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‧pi‧lla

Proper noun

Melipilla f

1. Melipilla (a commune, provincial capital, and city in Melipilla, Chile)
2. Melipilla (a province of Melipilla, Chile)
3. (historical) A department of Chile

Derived terms

• melipillano