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mal¹

Where it comes from

Cognate to Aromanian mal and meal. From Proto-Albanian *mala (“mountain”) (Standard Albanian mal). See Albanian mal (“mountain”) for more. On account of the name of the Roman province of Dacia Malvensis, along the Olt and Jiu rivers, it may have already possessed the sense of "riverbank" in Dacian.

noun maluri · mal · malul · malurile

  1. neuter shore
  2. neuter riverbank

Mal²

Where it comes from

From mal.

proper noun

  1. masculine a village in Oțelu Roșu, Caraș-Severin County, Romania
  2. masculine a village in Sâg, Sălaj County, Romania

In English

  • bank edge of river or lake
  • shore land adjoining a large body of water
  • coast edge of land meeting ocean, sea, gulf, bay

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"mal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/mal. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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mal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/mal

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@misc{mal_2026,
  title = {mal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/mal},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}