melillense
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meliˈʝense/ [me.liˈʝẽn.se] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /meliˈʎense/ [me.liˈʎẽn.se] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /meliˈʃense/ [me.liˈʃẽn.se] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /meliˈʒense/ [me.liˈʒẽn.se] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ense
- Syllabification: me‧li‧llen‧se
Adjective
melillense m or f (masculine and feminine plural melillenses)
- of, from or relating to the city of Melilla, Spain, on the North African coast
Noun
melillense m or f by sense (plural melillenses)
- native or inhabitant of the city of Melilla, Spain, on the North African coast
Further reading
- “melillense”, 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