malacca
part of speech
proper noun (Malacca, also Melaka — a place); noun (malacca — a cane, rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) (a name, place) Malacca, also spelled Melaka, is a historic city and state in Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. tree →
2) (place) The Strait of Malacca is a narrow sea passage between Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra, one of the busiest shipping routes in the world. tree →
3) (rare) A malacca is a walking stick made from a kind of rattan palm. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography and history lessons, Malacca is a famous old trading port where spices, silk and tea passed between China, India, the Middle East and Europe; it was ruled in turn by a sultanate, then by the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British. The Strait of Malacca is shown on maps of world trade routes because huge ships carry oil and goods through it. Phrases: «the Strait of Malacca», «the port of Malacca», «a malacca cane».
examples
- Malacca was a busy port where traders swapped spices and cloth. tree →
- Ships carrying oil sail through the Strait of Malacca. tree →
- The city is now usually spelled Melaka. tree →
- Find the Strait of Malacca on the map between Malaysia and Sumatra. tree →
- The old man walked with a malacca cane. tree →
- Portuguese and Dutch traders fought over Malacca. tree →
note
Capital M for the place. Today Malaysians spell the city «Melaka»; «Malacca» is the older English spelling. Stress: "ma-LACK-a". Not the same as «Molucca» (the Spice Islands in Indonesia).
In the corpora
- The sea runs out so fast that the canoe is pulled past Selangor, Malacca and Singapore to the island of Bintang.
- The Perak river, Selangor, Malacca, Singapore and Bintang are real places in and near Malaysia.
- In Europa Universalis 5 the Indian Ocean trade between Gujarat, Calicut, Aden and Malacca flows all year round.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «malacca» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.