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MALACA

Volume 12 · 49 words · 1815 Edition

in Ancient Geography, fumamed Fæderatorum by Pliny; a maritime town of Bætica: a Carthaginian colony according to Strabo; so called from Malach, signifying "salt;" a place noted for pickled or salted meat. Now Malaga, a port town of Granada in Spain. W. Long. 4. 45. N. Lat. 36. 40.