Malaga

Má·la·ga

a large, white, oval table grape, grown esp. in California
any of several fortified wines made originally in Málaga

Origin of Malaga

after Málaga

Málaga

seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean

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Malaga

noun

A sweet fortified wine originally from Málaga, Spain.

A city of southern Spain northeast of Gibraltar. Founded by Phoenicians in the 12th century BC, it was held successively by Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths, and Moors (after 711). Málaga was conquered by Ferdinand and Isabella's troops in 1487.x

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Proper noun

Alternative spelling of MÃ¡laga.

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AGUILAR, or Aguilar De La Frontera, a town of southern Spain, in the province of Cordova; near the small river Cabra, and on the Cordova - Malaga railway.
In 1839 he was appointed consul at Rotterdam, and in the following year transferred to Malaga, the place of origin of his mother's family.
In 1487 he went with Ferdinand to Malaga and thence to Valladolid, where in the October of 1488 he held another general congregation of the Inquisition and promulgated new laws based on the experience already gained.
ALORA, a town of southern Spain in the province of Malaga; 17 m.
Of Malaga, on the right bank of the river Guadalhorce, and on the Cordova-Malaga railway.

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