Where does “Madagascar” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Madagascar”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle French	Madagascar	—
2	English	Mogadishu	—
3	Arabic	مَقَدِيشُو	—
4	Persian	[[شاه]] [[مقعد]]	—

Words derived from “Madagascar”

Every word from Persian [[شاه]] [[مقعد]] →

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