Malaga

Meanings

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 census-designated place in Fresno County, California.
5. An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
6. A census-designated place in Eddy County, New Mexico.
7. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Monroe County, Ohio.
8. An unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington.
9. A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.
10. 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.