Where does “Madagascar” come from?

Madagascar comes from Middle French Madagascar, from English Mogadishu, from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو.

Madagascar (English): A resident of Madagascar

Definitions

  1. A resident of Madagascar

Ancestry of “Madagascar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle FrenchMadagascar—
2EnglishMogadishuThe government of Somalia
3Arabicمَقَدِيشُو—
4Persian[[شاه]] [[مقعد]]—

Words derived from “Madagascar”

Every word from Persian [[شاه]] [[مقعد]] →Every word from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو →Every word from English Mogadishu →