mapa

From Latin mappa

mapa m (plural mapas)

1. map

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “mapa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

mapa m (plural mapes)

1. map

Probably borrowed from Spanish mapa, from Latin mappa.

• IPA^(key): /mapa/ [ma.pa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -apa, -a
• Hyphenation: ma‧pa

mapa inan

1. map

• “mapa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “mapa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Borrowed from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.pa]

• Audio:

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mapa m (plural mapes)

1. map (sheet with geographical information on it)

• Originally this noun was a feminine noun, but in Modern Catalan it is now masculine, though it still forms its plural as if it were feminine.

• mapar

• mapamundi

• “mapa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “mapa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “mapa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Spanish mapa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmapa/ [ˈma.pɐ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧pa

mapa

1. map

mapa

1. to map

Inherited from Spanish mapa.

mapa

1. map

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, from Latin mappa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmapa]

• Audio:

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mapa f

1. map (visual representation of an area)

• “mapa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mapa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mapa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Learned borrowing from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

mapa m (plural mapas)

1. map

   Synonym: carta

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠapˠə/

Borrowed from English map.

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, nominative plural mapaí)

1. map

   Synonym: léarscáil

Borrowed from English mop.

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, nominative plural mapaí)

1. mop

   Synonym: strailleán

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mapa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “mapa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 712; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mapa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mapa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

mapa

1. Latin spelling of მაფა (mapa, “king”)

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.pa/
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ma‧pa

mapa f (diminutive mapka)

1. portfolio, folder

• mapawka

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mapa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

mapa

1. map

Learned borrowing from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.pa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ma‧pa

mapa f

1. map (sheet with geographical information on it)

• → Belarusian: ма́па (mápa)
• → Ukrainian: ма́па (mápa)
• → Yiddish: מאַפּע (mape)

• mapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• mappa (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin mappa (“napkin”), from Punic [Term?].

• Rhymes: -apɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧pa

mapa m or (obsolete) f (plural mapas)

1. map
   1. visual representation of an area

      Synonym: carta (dated)

2. (video games, board games) an environment where a game is played

Borrowed from English map.

a mapa (third-person singular present mapează, past participle mapat) 1st conjugation

1. (computing) to map

• map

Borrowed from English map.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmahpə/

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, plural mapaichean)

1. map (visual representation of an area)

• IPA^(key): /mâpa/
• Hyphenation: ma‧pa

mȁpa f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏па)

1. map (visual representation of an area, map, sheet with geographical information on it)

   Synonyms: kȃrta, zȅmljovīd

2. (Croatia, computing) folder

   Synonyms: folder, fascikla

• “mapa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, from Latin mappa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmapa]

mapa f (relational adjective mapový, diminutive mapka)

1. map (visual representation of an area)
2. (colloquial) stain, patch

• “mapa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Latin mappa (“napkin, starting signal in a race”), see map for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmapa/ [ˈma.pa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ma‧pa

mapa m (plural mapas)

1. map (sheet with geographical information on it)

• Chavacano: mapa
• → Bikol Central: mapa
• → Cebuano: mapa
• → Ilocano: mapa
• → Tagalog: mapa

• “mapa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish mapa (“map”), from Latin mappa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmapa/ [ˈmaː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ma‧pa

mapa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉ)

1. map
   • 2005, Sigay 3' 2005 Ed.(wika at Pagbasa)‎^[1], Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 187:

     Ito ang mapa ng Pilipinas. Binubuo ito ng malalaki at maliliit na pulo.

     This is the map of the Philippines. It is made up of big and small islands.

• “mapa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

mapa

1. old man

• Sonya Oskolskaya, Natasha Stoynova, Some Changes in the Noun Paradigm of Ulcha Under the Language Shift, 2017.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.pa/

mapa

1. honey

   Yamukunaun, aya autukene mapa!

   Children, let’s collect [wild] honey!

• mapanula (“kinkajou, Potos flavus”)

• ikityunu (“bee”)

• "Yamukunaun aya" uttered by Itsautaku, storyteller and elder, recounting the traditional Wauja tale of the "Man Who Drowned in Honey" (Paistyawalu), in the presence of his adolescent son Mayuri, adult daughter Mukura, and others. Recorded in Piyulaga village by E. Ireland, December 1989, transcript pp. 24-25.