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  Malaga

  noun

  a strong, sweet dessert wine with a pronounced muscat grape flavor, especially that produced in Málaga, Spain.
• Málaga
  Málaga

  noun

  a province in S Spain, in Andalusia. 2,813 sq. mi. (7,285 sq. km).

Malaga

¹ American  

[mal-uh-guh] / ˈmæl ə gə /

noun

1. a strong, sweet dessert wine with a pronounced muscat grape flavor, especially that produced in Málaga, Spain.

2. any of the grapes grown in or exported from Málaga.

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Málaga ² American  

[mal-uh-guh, mah-lah-gah] / ˈmæl ə gə, ˈmɑ lɑˌgɑ /

noun

1. a province in S Spain, in Andalusia. 2,813 sq. mi. (7,285 sq. km).

2. a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean.

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Málaga British  

/ ˈmæləɡə, ˈmalaɣa /

noun

1. a port and resort in S Spain, in Andalusia on the Mediterranean. Pop: 547 105 (2003 est)

2. a sweet fortified dessert wine from Málaga

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Etymology

Origin of Malaga

First recorded in 1600–10

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Example Sentences

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You can throw Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, Schalke and Malaga into the mix too.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

"We've organised the team differently," he said after Real Madrid's 4-0 La Liga win over Malaga.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Malaga equalised in the last minute of normal time, when defender Calvin Bassey was penalised for a handball that allowed Eneko Jauregi to convert from the penalty spot to make it 2-2.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

His Spanish influence stems from his family, and his exposure to Guardiola's Barcelona while he was at Sevilla and Malaga during the peak years of his playing career.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Mr. Eason, rowing hard against the waves, said nothing, not even when the waves turned and he began following them in to Malaga.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Banderas lives in Málaga, Spain, with his girlfriend, Nicole Kimpel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

His research focuses on Colombia's Uramba/Bahía Málaga National Natural Park, one of the few places where these sharks might still be found.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2025

A British man has died hours after being rescued from his home on the outskirts of Málaga, Spain, after intense flooding hit parts of the country, local officials say.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024

Juan Pascual-Anaya, a biologist at the University of Málaga in Spain who has spent summers collecting hagfish off the coast of Japan, recalls having to strip the elastic gel off the animals with his hands.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

They had been taken a year before, in Málaga.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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