Malagasy

Malagasy
noun (plural Malagasy; also Malagasies) Date: 1839 1. a member of a people of Indonesian and African origin who inhabit Madagascar 2. the Austronesian language of the Malagasy people • Malagasy adjective

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  • Malagasy — [mal΄ə gas′ē] n. pl. Malagasy or Malagasies [< native name, var. of the base Madagas in MADAGASCAR] 1. a person born or living in Madagascar 2. the Austronesian language spoken by the Malagasy adj. of the Malagasy or their language or culture …   English World dictionary

  • malagasy — adj. inv. et n. (Madag.) Cour. d1./d adj. Syn. de malgache. (V. gasy.) || Subst. Un(e) Malagasy. d2./d n. m. Le malagasy: la langue malgache …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Malagasy — pertaining to Madagascar, large island off the coast of Africa, 1835, apparently a native alteration of MADAGASCAR (Cf. Madagascar) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Malagasy — ISO 639 3 Code : mlg ISO 639 2/B Code : mlg ISO 639 2/T Code : mlg ISO 639 1 Code : mg Scope : Macrolanguage Language Type : Living Individual languages : Identifier : bhr Name: Bara Malagasy Individual languages : Identifier : bjq Name: Southern …   Names of Languages ISO 639-3

  • Malagasy — Malgache Malgache Malagasy Parlée à Madagascar, Comores Nombre de locuteurs 20 millions Typologie VOS [1] agglutinante synthétique …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Malagasy — 1. noun /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/ a) A person from Madagascar or of Malagasy descent. b) A language spoken in Madagascar. 2. adjective /ˌmæləˈɡæsi/ Of, from, or pertaining to Madagascar, the Malagasy people or the Malagasy language …   Wiktionary

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