Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Madagascar en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mædəˈɡæskə/ (British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /-skaː/ (Northern-England, Wales)
- /-skaɾ/ (Scotland)
- /-skɑː/ (British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
- /madəˈɡaskəɾ/ (Scotland)
- /mædəˈɡæskɑɹ/ (US)
- (London) audio
- /madəˈɡaskə/ (Northern-England, Wales)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French Madagascar, from Madageiscar, popularly reputed as a corrupted transliteration of Mogadishu by Marco Polo's misreading of Arabic. The maps of particular interest are that of al-Idrisi in the 12th century, who produced the Tabula Rogeriana, the most advanced world map at the time.
The actual misconstrued term was Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “The Island of Mālāī”) listed alongside Arabic جَزِيرَة القَمَر (jazīrat al-qamar, “The Island of the Moon”) which lent its name to Comoros; Madagascar however likely being the original based on its dimensions.
The map in question warps the direction of Africa's east coast to be parallel to the coast of southeast Asia, prompting a conflation of the regions furthest east and furthest south, in the reaches of Arab exploration. This perhaps makes the Island of Mālāī both representing Madagascar and an island in Indonesia, likely Sumatra, in close proximity to Malaysia. To conflate matters further, the populations of both regions are of Austronesian background, a fact pointed out by Arab explorers who identified Madagascar as colony of the former region. A second wave of Austronesians, including Malays, did indeed migrate to the island after the first group had originally left from what was likely Southern Borneo from linguistic and genetic analysis.
"Mālāī-Gezīra" also holds connection to the term for the people and languages of the island, Malagasy, which had earlier forms Malegass and Madegass, because of dialect division.
Meanings
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(obsolete, rare) A resident of Madagascar.
Forms
Synonyms
Malagasy · Madagascarian · Madagascan
wikipedia: Marco Polo
Madagascar en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /mædəˈɡæskə/ (British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /-skaː/ (Northern-England, Wales)
- /-skaɾ/ (Scotland)
- /-skɑː/ (British, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard)
- /madəˈɡaskəɾ/ (Scotland)
- /mædəˈɡæskɑɹ/ (US)
- (London) audio
- /madəˈɡaskə/ (Northern-England, Wales)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French Madagascar, from Madageiscar, popularly reputed as a corrupted transliteration of Mogadishu by Marco Polo's misreading of Arabic. The maps of particular interest are that of al-Idrisi in the 12th century, who produced the Tabula Rogeriana, the most advanced world map at the time.
The actual misconstrued term was Arabic جَزِيرَة المَالَائِيّ (jazīrat al-mālāʔiyy, “The Island of Mālāī”) listed alongside Arabic جَزِيرَة القَمَر (jazīrat al-qamar, “The Island of the Moon”) which lent its name to Comoros; Madagascar however likely being the original based on its dimensions.
The map in question warps the direction of Africa's east coast to be parallel to the coast of southeast Asia, prompting a conflation of the regions furthest east and furthest south, in the reaches of Arab exploration. This perhaps makes the Island of Mālāī both representing Madagascar and an island in Indonesia, likely Sumatra, in close proximity to Malaysia. To conflate matters further, the populations of both regions are of Austronesian background, a fact pointed out by Arab explorers who identified Madagascar as colony of the former region. A second wave of Austronesians, including Malays, did indeed migrate to the island after the first group had originally left from what was likely Southern Borneo from linguistic and genetic analysis.
"Mālāī-Gezīra" also holds connection to the term for the people and languages of the island, Malagasy, which had earlier forms Malegass and Madegass, because of dialect division.
Meanings
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An island and country off the east coast of Africa. Official name: Republic of Madagascar. Capital: Antananarivo.
Malagasy, like many indigenous languages in the Global South, has few formal language resources. When Jagwar – born in Madagascar — discovered Wiktionary as a teenager, he saw an opportunity to correct this.
2020 August 4, Cyrus Multhauf, “How a Malagasy Teenager Created the World’s Second-Largest Dictionary”, in NEEM Blog, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021:
Deriveds
Malagasy · Madagascar bean · Madagascar jasmine · Madagascar yellowbrow · Madagascar plum · Madagascan · Madagascar hissing cockroach
Holonyms
Subsahara
Relateds
Countries of the world
Translations (102)
da Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · be Мадагаска́р (country in Southern Africa) · az Madaqaskar (country in Southern Africa) · gv Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · sw Bukini (country in Southern Africa) · sk Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · am ማዳጋስካር (country in Southern Africa) · hu Madagaszkár (country in Southern Africa) · ro Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · ko 마다가스카르 (country in Southern Africa) · br Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · mer Madagaska (country in Southern Africa) · tk Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · ga Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · hi मैडागास्कर (country in Southern Africa) · eo Madagaskaro (country in Southern Africa) · nb Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · sh Мадагаскар (country in Southern Africa) · luo Madagaska (country in Southern Africa) · pt Madagáscar (country in Southern Africa) · gl Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · ia Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · izh Madagaskara (country in Southern Africa) · he מדגסקר (country in Southern Africa) · mg Madagasikara (country in Southern Africa) · km ម៉ាដាហ្គាស្ការ (country in Southern Africa) · uz Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · bo མ་ད་གཱ་སི་ཀར (country in Southern Africa) · aii ܡܲܕܲܓܲܫܩܲܪ (country in Southern Africa) · ca Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · pl Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · de Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · vi Ma-đa-gát-xca (country in Southern Africa) · ms Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · as মাদাগাস্কাৰ (country in Southern Africa) · lt Madagaskaras (country in Southern Africa) · ky Мадагаскар (country in Southern Africa) · mn Мадагаскар (country in Southern Africa) · ha Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · hi मेडागास्कर (country in Southern Africa) · ru Мадагаска́р (country in Southern Africa) · fr Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · la Madagascaria (country in Southern Africa) · nrf Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · bg Мадагаска́р (country in Southern Africa) · si මැඩගස්කරය (country in Southern Africa) · kk Мадагаскар (country in Southern Africa) · ti ማዳጋስካር (country in Southern Africa) · fa ماداگاسکار (country in Southern Africa) · mi Marakāhia (country in Southern Africa) · is Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · sl Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · lv Madagaskara (country in Southern Africa) · kam Madagaska (country in Southern Africa) · ar مَدَغَشْقَر (country in Southern Africa) · uk Мадагаска́р (country in Southern Africa) · et Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · it Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · pnb مڈغاسکر (country in Southern Africa) · es Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · pt Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · ur مڈغاسکر (country in Southern Africa) · sv Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · yo Madagásíkà (country in Southern Africa) · af Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · el Μαδαγασκάρη (country in Southern Africa) · pih Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · chr ᎹᏓᎦᏍᎧᎵ (country in Southern Africa) · sw Madagaska (country in Southern Africa) · nv Mágí Bitseeʼ Noodǫ́zí Bikéyah (country in Southern Africa) · tl Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · mt il-Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · ja マダガスカル (country in Southern Africa) · bn মাদাগাস্কার (country in Southern Africa) · nl Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · yi מאַדאַגאַסקאַר (country in Southern Africa) · ko 마다가스까르 (country in Southern Africa) · ki Madagaska (country in Southern Africa) · ka მადაგასკარი (country in Southern Africa) · ta மடகஸ்கார் (country in Southern Africa) · sco Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · cmn 馬達加斯加 /马达加斯加 (country in Southern Africa) · ast Madagascar (country in Southern Africa) · ta மடகாஸ்கர் (country in Southern Africa) · mi Matakahaka (country in Southern Africa) · mk Мадага́скар (country in Southern Africa) · hy Մադագասկար (country in Southern Africa) · my မဒါဂတ်စကား (country in Southern Africa) · ug ماداگاسكار (country in Southern Africa) · tt Мадагаскар (country in Southern Africa) · tr Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · tg Мадагаскар (country in Southern Africa) · lo ມາດາກາສະກາ (country in Southern Africa) · lo ມາດາກັດກາ (country in Southern Africa) · pa ਮਾਦਾਗਾਸਕਰ (country in Southern Africa) · cs Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · th มาดากัสการ์ (country in Southern Africa) · nn Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · luy Madagaska (country in Southern Africa) · dv މަޑަގަސްކަރަ (country in Southern Africa) · sh Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa) · fi Madagaskar (country in Southern Africa)
wikidata: Q1019 · wikipedia: Marco Polo