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Mal⋅a⋅ga

[mal-uh-guh]
–noun
1. a strong, sweet dessert wine with a pronounced muscat grape flavor, esp. that produced in Málaga, Spain.
2. any of the grapes grown in or exported from Málaga.

Origin:
1600–10

Má⋅la⋅ga

[mal-uh-guh; Sp. mah-lah-gah]
–noun
1. a province in S Spain, in Andalusia. 867,330; 2813 sq. mi. (7285 sq. km).
2. a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean. 374,452.
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Mal·a·ga   (māl'ə-gə)   
n.  A sweet fortified wine originally from Málaga, Spain.
Má·la·ga   (māl'ə-gə, mä'lä-gä')   
A city of southern Spain northeast of Gibraltar. Founded by Phoenicians in the 12th century B.C., it was held successively by Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths, and Moors (after 711). Málaga was conquered by Ferdinand and Isabella's troops in 1487. Population: 561,000.
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Malaga 
1608, white wine exported from the Sp. port of Malaga, founded by the Phoenicians and probably from Phoen. malha "salt."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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