# Malaga

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmæləɡə/ · frequency rank #34,974

## Definitions
1. A port city, the capital of the province of Malaga, Andalusia, Spain.
2. A province of Andalusia, Spain, around the city.
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.
9. A surname.

## Etymology
From Spanish Málaga, from Arabic مَالَقَة (Mālaqa), from Latin Malaca, from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (Málaka or Malake) of uncertain origin but possibly derived from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”). The American places are from the Spanish city. The surname is also sometimes derived via Polish Malaga.

## Easily confused with
- **manga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-manga)
- **Malta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-malta)
- **Malay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-malay)
- **Malia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-malia)
- **manage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-manage)
- **Malawi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-malawi)
- **Malaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-malaya)
- **masala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-masala)
- **Malays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-malays)
- **malign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-malign)
- **malaria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-malaria)
- **maulana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-maulana)
- **Malayan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-malayan)
- **Malagasy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malaga-vs-malagasy)
- **maga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maga-vs-malaga)
- **mala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mala-vs-malaga)
- **Malacca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malacca-vs-malaga)
- **Malabar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malabar-vs-malaga)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amlaga`, `maalga`, `malaag`, `malagga`, `malgaa`, `mallaga`, `mlaaga`, `mmalaga`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/malaga