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magaalá

[maɡaːˈla]

noun

LanguageAfar (Ethiopia)

Meaning
  1. town
  2. village
  3. A settled area where people live that is larger than a village but smaller than a major city.
Examples

Too waqdi Alimelek deqsita num, lab-xayloh nammay kee barra gabat hayya heeh, Yuudâ-baaxok Beetlacam deqsitta magaalak Mooyab deqsita marih baaxo fan dulah gexe.

So a man called Elimelek, he went together with two sons and a wife, he migrated from a town called Betlehem in Judea to the country of the nation called Moab.

Pronunciationmaɡaːˈla

Part of speechnoun

Status: Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

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