Madagascar is called "Madagasikara" in Malagasy.
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Malagasy
//ˌmæləˈɡæsi//
Synonyms for "malagasy" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (2)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
106 translations across 37 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- Madagaskars adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- Malgassies adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- Malagassi name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- Malgassies name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Armenian
1 entries- մալգաշերեն name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Asturian
3 entries- malgaxe adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malgaxe name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- malgaxe noun (person)
Bengali
1 entries- মালাগাসি adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
Catalan
3 entries- malgaix adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malgaix name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- malgaix noun (person)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 馬拉加斯的 /马拉加斯的 adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- 马拉加斯的 adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- 馬拉加斯語 /马拉加斯语 name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- 馬達加斯加語 /马达加斯加语 name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Czech
3 entries- malgašský adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malgaština name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- Malgaš noun (person)
Danish
1 entries- malagassisk name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Dutch
1 entries- Malgasy name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Esperanto
2 entries- madagaskaranino noun (person)
- madagaskarano noun (person)
Finnish
3 entries- madagaskarilainen adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malagassi name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- malagassi noun (person)
French
3 entries- malgache adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malgache name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- Malgache noun (person)
Galician
1 entries- malgaxe name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
German
4 entries- madagassisch adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- Madagassisch name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- Madagasse noun (person)
- Madagassin noun (person)
Greek
1 entries- μαλαγασικά name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Gujarati
1 entries- માલાગાસી adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
Hindi
1 entries- मालागासी adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
Hungarian
4 entries- madagaszkári adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malgas adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malgas name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- madagaszkári noun (person)
Icelandic
1 entries- malagasíska name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Indonesian
1 entries- bahasa Madagaskar name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Italian
2 entries- malgascio name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- malgascio noun (person)
Japanese
2 entries- マダガスカル語 name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- マラガシ語 name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Kazakh
1 entries- малагасий noun (person)
Korean
2 entries- 마다가스카르어 name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- 말라가시어 name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Malagasy
4 entries- gasy adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- fiteny malagasy name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- malagasy name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- gasy noun (person)
Navajo
1 entries- Malagasii Dineʼé bizaad name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- gassisk adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- madagassisk adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- gassisk name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- madagassisk name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- gassisk adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- madagassisk adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- gassisk name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- madagassisk name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Polish
4 entries- madagaskarski adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malgaski adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malgaski name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- Madagaskarczyk noun (person)
Portuguese
4 entries- madagascarense adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malgaxe adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malgaxe name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- madagascarense noun (person)
Russian
4 entries- малагаси́йский adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- малагаси́йский name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- мальга́шский name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- малагаси́ец noun (person)
Slovak
1 entries- madagaskarský adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
Spanish
3 entries- malgache adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malgache name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- malgache noun (person)
Swahili
2 entries- Kibukini name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- Mbukini noun (person)
Swedish
4 entries- madagaskisk adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- madagassisk adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malagassisk adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malagassiska name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Turkish
4 entries- madagaskarlı adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- malgaş adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- Madagaskarca name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
- Malgaşça name (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
Ukrainian
2 entries- мадагаска́рський adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
- малагасійський adj (pertaining to Madagascar)
Sample sentences
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The African languages that interest me are Swahili, Yoruba, and Malagasy.
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In Malagasy language "ora" means hour.
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