Malacca

malacca English thumb|right|300px|The Strait of Malacca connects the Pacific Ocean to the east with the Indian Ocean to the west. Alternative forms en Melaka Etymology From en ms Melaka, probably after ms melaka, a kind of tree that grows in the region. Pronunciation en /məˈlaka/ /məˈlakə/ Malaysia en /məˈlækə/ UK,GA,SG en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Malacca.wav US Proper noun en A state in western <<c/Malaysia>>. en capital city state:Suf/Malacca c/Malaysia. en Strait of Malacca. en 2000 K. Sridharan Sea: Our Saviour Taylor & Francis 9788122412451 67 The Arabs were not pioneers on this route; even earlier than this period Indian ships had sailed through Malacca to Java and went as far as China. en 2010 Asia Pacific Defense Forum 4 Consider these facts : • In just one year, U.S. $ 400 billion in cargo — including 80 percent of the oil transported to Northeast Asia moves through Malacca on 60,000 ships; • Of the 15 largest ports in the world, 12 are in the Asia en 2012 Gabriel Collins; Andew Erickson; Lyle Goldstein; William Murray China's Energy Strategy: The Impact on Bejing's Maritime Policies Naval Institute Press 9781612511511 Moreover, the per barrel cost of pumping oil through Burma to Yunnan and then refining it and transporting it to market will likely be several times the cost of carrying it through Malacca on a supertanker to Eastern China's large demand centers. en 2019 Michael C. Carhart Leibniz Discovers Asia: Social Networking in the Republic of Letters JHU Press 9781421427546 114 when the Portuguese had owned a de facto monopoly on shipping routes across the Indian Ocean, through Malacca to the Indies, and along the Pacific coast  Usage notes Not to be confused with en Molucca. Derived terms en Malaccan Malacca cane Strait of Malacca Related terms en gula melaka Translations state in Malaysia Arabic: ar مَلَقَّا m Burmese: my မာလကာ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 馬六甲 maa5 luk6 gaap3 Hakka: hak 馬六甲 Mâ-liuk-kap Hokkien: nan-hbl 馬六甲 Má-la̍k-kah Mandarin: cmn 馬六甲 Mǎliùjiǎ Farefare: gur Malaka French: fr Malacca German: de Malakka Greek: el Μαλάκκα Hindi: hi मलाका Indonesian: id Melaka Italian: it Malacca Japanese: ja マラッカ Marakka Korean: ko 말라카 Malay: ms Melaka Marathi: mr मलाक्का Polish: pl Malakka f Portuguese: pt Malaca f, pt Málaca f Russian: ru Мала́кка f Spanish: es Malaca f Tagalog: tl Malaka Tamil: ta மலாக்கா Telugu: te మలక్కా Thai: th มะละกา Noun en Malacca cane. 1853, Carroll & Hutchinson (New York), Things of Beauty Set with Gems of Verse (page 115) Walking Canes, from low priced to the richest and most costly description. Novelties in French Cane mountings. A choice collection of Malaccas and other Sticks. en States of Malaysia Portuguese Proper noun f pt Malaca