# Melilla

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #60,280

## Definitions
1. An autonomous city of Spain and exclave at the edge of Morocco.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Tarifit mlel
Tarifit Mliltbor.
Arabic مَلِيلْيَة (malīlya)bor.
Spanish Melillabor.
English Melilla
Borrowed from Spanish Melilla.

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