Madagascar

See also: Madagáscar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French Madagascar, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Madageiscar, reputedly a corruption of Mogadishu popularized by Marco Polo.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /madəˈɡaskə/
(US) IPA^(key): /mædəˈɡæskɑɹ/

Proper noun

Madagascar

A country and island of the east coast of Africa with capital Antananarivo. Official name: Republic of Madagascar.

Holonyms

Subsahara

Derived terms

Madagascan
Madagascar bean

Madagascar jasmine
Malagasy

Translations

country in Southern Africa

Afrikaans: Madagaskar
Amharic: ማዳጋስካር (madagaskar)
Arabic: مَدَغَشْقَر‎ f (madaḡašqar)
Armenian: Մադագասկար (Madagaskar)
Assamese: মাদাগাস্কাৰ (madagaskar)
Azerbaijani: Madaqaskar (az)
Belarusian: Мадагаска́р m (Madahaskár)
Bengali: মাদাগাস্কার (madagaskar)
Breton: Madagaskar
Bulgarian: Мадагаска́р m (Madagaskár)
Burmese: မဒါဂတ်စကား (ma.dagatca.ka:)
Catalan: Madagascar (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬達加斯加 (zh), 马达加斯加 (zh) (Mǎdájiāsījiā)
Czech: Madagaskar (cs) m
Danish: Madagaskar (da)
Dhivehi: މަޑަގަސްކަރަ‎ (maḍagaskara)
Dutch: Madagaskar (nl)
Esperanto: Madagaskaro (eo)
Estonian: Madagaskar (et)
Finnish: Madagaskar (fi)
French: Madagascar (fr)
Galician: Madagascar (gl)
Georgian: მადაგასკარი (madagasḳari)
German: Madagaskar (de)
Greek: Μαδαγασκάρη (el) f (Madagaskári)
Hausa: Madagaskar
Hebrew: מדגסקר‎ (madagaskár)
Hindi: मेडागास्कर (meḍāgāskar)
Hungarian: Madagaszkár (hu)
Icelandic: Madagaskar (is) n
Interlingua: Madagascar
Italian: Madagascar (it) m
Japanese: マダガスカル (ja) (Madagasukaru)
Kamba: Madagaska
Kazakh: Мадагаскар (kk) (Madagaskar)
Khmer: ម៉ាដាហ្គាស្ការ (maadaagaaskaa)
Kikuyu: Madagaska
Korean: 마다가스카르 (Madagaseukareu)
Kyrgyz: Мадагаскар (Madagaskar)
Lao: ມາດາກັດກາ (mā dā kat kā)
Latin: Madagascaria (la)
Latvian: Madagaskara f
Lithuanian: Madagaskaras (lt) m
Luhya: Madagaska

Luo: Madagaska
Macedonian: Мадага́скар m (Madagáskar)
Malagasy: Madagasikara (mg)
Malay: Madagaskar
Manx: Madagascar
Maori: Marakāhia, Matakahaka
Meru: Madagaska
Mongolian: Мадагаскар (Madagaskar)
Navajo: Mágí Bitseeʼ Noodǫ́zí Bikéyah
Norman: Madagascar
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Madagaskar (no)

Nynorsk: Madagaskar (nn)
Novial: Madagaskar
Persian: ماداگاسکار‎ (fa) (mâdâgâskâr)
Pitcairn-Norfolk: Madagascar
Polish: Madagaskar (pl)
Portuguese: Madagáscar (pt) (Portugal), Madagascar (pt) (Brazil)
Romanian: Madagascar (ro) n
Russian: Мадагаска́р (ru) (Madagaskár)
Scots: Madagascar
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Мадагаскар m

Roman: Madagaskar (sh) m
Sinhalese: මැඩගස්කරය (mæḍagaskaraya)
Slovak: Madagaskar m
Slovene: Madagaskar (sl) m
Spanish: Madagascar (es)
Swahili: Bukini (sw), Madagaska
Swedish: Madagaskar (sv)
Tagalog: Madagaskar (tl)
Tajik: Мадагаскар (Madagaskar)
Tatar: Мадагаскар (Madağaskar)
Thai: มาดากัสการ์ (th) (maa-daa-gás-gâa)
Tibetan: མ་ད་གཱ་སི་ཀར (ma da gā si kar)
Tigrinya: ማዳጋስካር (madagaskar)
Turkish: Madagaskar (tr)
Turkmen: Madagaskar
Ukrainian: Мадагаска́р (uk) m (Madahaskár)
Urdu: مڈغاسکر‎ (meḍāġāskar)
Uyghur: ماداگاسكار‎ (madagaskar)
Uzbek: Madagaskar (uz)
Vietnamese: Ma-đa-gát-xca
Yoruba: Madasika

Catalan

Proper noun

Madagascar m

Madagascar

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.da.ɡas.kaʁ/
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Madagascar m

Madagascar

Derived terms

malgache

Italian

Proper noun

Madagascar m

Madagascar

Related terms

malgascio

Manx

Proper noun

Madagascar m

Madagascar

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Madagascar	Vadagascar	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Madagascar f

(Brazil) Alternative form of Madagáscar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /madaɡasˈkaɾ/, [maðaɣasˈkaɾ]

Proper noun

Madagascar ?

Madagascar

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