mapa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mapa"

Languages (27)

English

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English

Etymology

Blend of mama +‎ papa.

Noun

mapa (plural mapas)

1. (slang, neologism) a non-binary parent.

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin mappa

Noun

mapa m (plural mapas)

1. map

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “mapa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

Noun

mapa m (plural mapes)

1. map

Basque

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish mapa, from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mapa/ [ma.pa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apa, -a
• Hyphenation: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa inan

1. map

Declension

Declension of mapa (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	mapa	mapa	mapak	mapok
ergative	mapak	mapak	mapek	mapok
dative	mapari	mapari	mapei	mapoi
genitive	maparen	maparen	mapen	mapon
comitative	maparekin	maparekin	mapekin	mapokin
causative	maparengatik	maparengatik	mapengatik	mapongatik
benefactive	maparentzat	maparentzat	mapentzat	mapontzat
instrumental	mapaz	mapaz	mapez	mapotaz
inessive	mapatan	mapan	mapetan	mapotan
locative	mapatako	mapako	mapetako	mapotako
allative	mapatara	mapara	mapetara	mapotara
terminative	mapataraino	maparaino	mapetaraino	mapotaraino
directive	mapatarantz	maparantz	mapetarantz	mapotarantz
destinative	mapatarako	maparako	mapetarako	mapotarako
ablative	mapatatik	mapatik	mapetatik	mapotatik
partitive	maparik	—	—	—
prolative	mapatzat	—	—	—

Related terms

• mapamundi

Further reading

• “mapa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “mapa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈma.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈma.pa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Noun

mapa m (plural mapes)

1. map (sheet with geographical information on it)

Usage notes

• Originally this noun was a feminine noun, but in Modern Catalan it is now masculine, though it still forms its plural as if it were feminine.

Derived terms

• mapar

Related terms

• mapamundi

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mapa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “mapa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “mapa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mapa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmapa/ [ˈma.pɐ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa

1. map

Verb

mapa

1. to map

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mapa (“map”), from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmapa/ [ˈma.pa]
• Hyphenation: ma‧pa

Noun

mápa (Basahan spelling ᜋᜉ)

1. map

   Synonym: karta (uncommon)

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mapa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa

1. map

Chungli Ao

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma˥.pa˥/, [ma˥.pa˥]

Noun

mapa

1. work (to be done)

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, page 49
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 180

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmapa]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

mapa f

1. map (visual representation of an area)

Declension

Declension of mapa (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	mapa	mapy
genitive	mapy	map
dative	mapě	mapám
accusative	mapu	mapy
vocative	mapo	mapy
locative	mapě	mapách
instrumental	mapou	mapami

Further reading

• “mapa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mapa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mapa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

Noun

mapa m (plural mapas)

1. map

   Synonym: carta

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mapa (“map”), from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmapa/ [ˈmɐ.pa]

Noun

mapa (Kur-itan spelling ᜋᜉ)

1. map

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɑpˠə/, /ˈmˠapˠə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English map.

Noun

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, nominative plural mapaí)

1. map

   Synonym: léarscáil

Declension

Declension of mapa (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative mapa mapaí vocative a mhapa a mhapaí genitive mapa mapaí dative mapa mapaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mapa na mapaí genitive an mhapa na mapaí dative leis an mapa don mhapa leis na mapaí

Derived terms

• fótamapa m (“photomap”)
• léamh mapaí m (“map reading”)
• mapa aimsire (“weather map”)
• mapa bóithre (“road map”)
• mapa comh-airde, mapa comhrianach (“contour map”)
• mapa dáileacháin (“distribution map”)
• mapa eangaí (“grid map”)
• mapa na ndeachúna (“tithe map”)
• mapa rilífe (“relief map”)
• mapa turasóireachta (“tourist map”)
• mapáil f (“mapping”)
• mapáil (“map”, transitive verb)
• mapathagairt f (“map reference”)
• sracmhapa m (“sketch map”)
• teilgean mapa m (“map projection”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mop.

Noun

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, nominative plural mapaí)

1. mop

   Synonym: strailleán

Declension

Declension of mapa (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative mapa mapaí vocative a mhapa a mhapaí genitive mapa mapaí dative mapa mapaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mapa na mapaí genitive an mhapa na mapaí dative leis an mapa don mhapa leis na mapaí

Derived terms

• maipín m (“swab”)
• mapa grábhála (“mop for tarring currach”)
• mapa tarra (“tar brush”)
• mapáil (“mop”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mapa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mapa	mhapa	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mapa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “mapa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 712; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “mapa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mapa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Laz

Noun

mapa

1. Latin spelling of მაფა (mapa, “king”)

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.pa/
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa f (diminutive mapka)

1. portfolio, folder

Declension

Declension of mapa

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mapa	mapje	mapy
genitive	mapy	mapowu	mapow
dative	mapje	mapoma	mapam
accusative	mapu	mapje	mapy
instrumental	mapu	mapoma	mapami
locative	mapje	mapoma	mapach

Derived terms

• mapawka

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “mapa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Maipure

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Arawak *maba (“bee, honey”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmapa/

Noun

mapa

1. honey

Derived terms

• mapa-chivàcanè (“bee”)
• mapa-icà (“wax”)

References

• Raoul Zamponi (2003), Maipure (Languages of the world Materials), München: LINCOM EUROPA, →ISBN
• Filippo Salvadore Gilii (1782), Saggio di storia Americana, o sia storia naturale, civile, e sacra de regni, e delle provincie Spagnuole di Terra-ferma nell'America meridionale‎^[2] (in Italian), Per L. Perego, page 377

Maranao

Noun

mapa

1. map

Polish

Alternative forms

• mappa (Middle Polish)
• małpa (Eastern Lublin, Chełm Land)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *manpayder.

Proto-Semitic *manpiy-der.

Phoenician 𐤌𐤀𐤐 (mʾp /⁠mappē⁠/)der.?

Latin mappalbor.

Polish mapa

Learned borrowing from Latin mappa (“a napkin, table-napkin, towel”). First attested in 1546.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.pa/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈma.pa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa f (diminutive mapka, related adjective mapowy)

2. (cartography) map (a visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features)

   Hyponym: fotomapa

Declension

Declension of mapa

	singular	plural
nominative	mapa	mapy
genitive	mapy	map
dative	mapie	mapom
accusative	mapę	mapy
instrumental	mapą	mapami
locative	mapie	mapach
vocative	mapo	mapy

Derived terms

nouns

• legenda mapy
• mapa astronomiczna, mapa niebieska
• mapa bitowa
• mapa drogowa
• mapa drożna, mapa podróżna
• mapa ewidencyjna
• mapa fizyczna
• mapa geograficzna
• mapa geologiczna
• mapa historyczna
• mapa hydrograficzna, mapa morska
• mapa konturowa, mapa ślepa
• mapa magnetyczna
• mapa miernicza, mapa topograficzna
• mapa niema
• mapa orograficzna
• mapa plastyczna
• mapa pogody, mapa synoptyczna
• mapa polityczna
• mapa przeglądowa
• mapa sztabowa
• mapa warstwicowa
• pierworys mapy
• podziałka liniowa (mapy)

verbs

• nanieść na mapę pf, nanosić na mapę impf
• orientować mapę impf, zorientować mapę pf
• przenieść na mapę pf, przenosić na mapę impf
• wpisać na mapę pf, wpisywać na mapę impf
• zdjąć mapę terenu pf, zdejmować mapę terenu impf

Related terms

adjectives

• bitmapowy

nouns

• bitmapa

Descendants

• → Belarusian: ма́па (mápa)
• → Ukrainian: ма́па (mápa)
• → Yiddish: מאַפּע (mape)

Further reading

• Modern Standard Polish:
  • “mapa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “mapa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
  • Zygmunt Saloni, et al., editors (2020), “mapa”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎^[5], 4. online edition, Warszawa
• Middle Polish:
  • Ewa Rodek (23 May 2019), “MAPA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Historic dictionaries:
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1809), “mapa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 2a, page 27
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “mapa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861, volume I, page 630
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “mapa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 878
  • Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “mapa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
• Dialectal dictionaries:
  • Jan Karłowicz (1903), “mapa”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mappa (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *manpayder.

Proto-Semitic *manpiy-der.

Phoenician 𐤌𐤀𐤐 (mʾp /⁠mappē⁠/)der.?

Latin mappabor.

Portuguese mapa

Borrowed from Latin mappa (“a napkin, table-napkin, towel”), of Punic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.pɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.pɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Brazil, Portugal) -apɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa m or (obsolete) f (plural mapas)

1. map
   1. visual representation of an area

      Synonym: carta (dated)

2. (board games, video games) an environment where a game is played

Derived terms

• mapa-múndi
• riscar do mapa
• sumir do mapa
• varrer do mapa

Related terms

• mapeamento
• mapear
• mapoteca

See also

• atlas

Further reading

• “mapa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mapa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English map.

Verb

a mapa (third-person singular present mapează, past participle mapat) 1st conjugation

1. (computing) to map

Conjugation

    conjugation of mapa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a mapa
gerund			mapând
past participle			mapat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	mapez	mapezi	mapează	mapăm	mapați	mapează
	imperfect	mapam	mapai	mapa	mapam	mapați	mapau
	simple perfect	mapai	mapași	mapă	maparăm	maparăți	mapară
	pluperfect	mapasem	mapaseși	mapase	mapaserăm	mapaserăți	mapaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să mapez	să mapezi	să mapeze	să mapăm	să mapați	să mapeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		mapează			mapați
	negative		nu mapa			nu mapați

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• map

Etymology

Borrowed from English map.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmahpə/

Noun

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, plural mapaichean)

1. map (visual representation of an area)

Mutation

Mutation of mapa

radical	lenition
mapa	mhapa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâpa/
• Hyphenation: ma‧pa

Noun

mȁpa f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏па)

1. map (visual representation of an area, map, sheet with geographical information on it)

   Synonyms: kȃrta, zȅmljovīd

2. (Croatia, computing) folder

   Synonyms: folder, fascikla

Declension

Declension of mapa

	singular	plural
nominative	mapa	mape
genitive	mape	mapa
dative	mapi	mapama
accusative	mapu	mape
vocative	mapo	mape
locative	mapi	mapama
instrumental	mapom	mapama

Further reading

• “mapa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mapa/, [ˈmapa]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Hyphenation: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa f (relational adjective mapový, diminutive mapka)

1. map (visual representation of an area)
2. (colloquial) stain, patch

Declension

Declension of mapa
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	mapa	mapy
genitive	mapy	máp
dative	mape	mapám
accusative	mapu	mapy
locative	mape	mapách
instrumental	mapou	mapami

Further reading

• “mapa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *manpayder.

Proto-Semitic *manpiy-der.

Phoenician 𐤌𐤀𐤐 (mʾp /⁠mappē⁠/)der.?

Latin mappader.

Spanish mapa

From Latin mappa (“napkin, starting signal in a race”), see map for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmapa/ [ˈma.pa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa m (plural mapas)

1. map (sheet with geographical information on it)

   Synonym: carta

Derived terms

• mapa de carreteras
• mapamundi
• mapear

Descendants

• Chavacano: mapa
• → Cebuano: mapa
• → Central Bikol: mapa
• → Ilocano: mapa
• → Tagalog: mapa

Further reading

• “mapa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• ampa, pama, AMPA

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *manpayder.

Proto-Semitic *manpiy-der.

Phoenician 𐤌𐤀𐤐 (mʾp /⁠mappē⁠/)der.?

Latin mappader.

Spanish mapabor.

Tagalog mapa

Borrowed from Spanish mapa (“map”), from Latin mappa (“napkin, starting signal in a race”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmapa/ [ˈmaː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉ)

1. map
   • 2005, Sigay 3' 2005 Ed.(wika at Pagbasa)‎^[6], Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 187:

     Ito ang mapa ng Pilipinas. Binubuo ito ng malalaki at maliliit na pulo.

     This is the map of the Philippines. It is made up of big and small islands.

Derived terms

• talamapahan

Related terms

• eypron
• napkin

References

• “mapa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina‎^[7], Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana

Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.pa/

Noun

mapa

1. honey

   Yamukunaun, aya autukene mapa!

   Children, let’s collect [wild] honey!

Derived terms

• mapanula (“kinkajou, Potos flavus”)

See also

• ikityunu (“bee”)

References

• "Yamukunaun aya" uttered by Itsautaku, storyteller and elder, recounting the traditional Wauja tale of the "Man Who Drowned in Honey" (Paistyawalu), in the presence of his adolescent son Mayuri, adult daughter Mukura, and others. Recorded in Piyulaga village by E. Ireland, December 1989, transcript pp. 24-25.

Western Arrernte

Etymology

From Australian English mob (“group of people”).

Numeral

mapa

1. three or more (used as a plural marker)

   Synonym: ntjaarra

References

• Western Arrarnta Dictionary