Malé

/ˈmɑːlɛ/UK/ˈmɑːleɪ/

proper noun

The capital city of the Maldives.

Meanings

proper noun

Origin

  1. dvމާލެ
  2. dvމާލެ
  3. EnglishMalé

Borrowed from Dhivehi މާލެ (māle).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Arabic مَالِيه
  • مَالِيه (mālēh)capital of the Maldives
Bengali মালে
  • মালেcapital of the Maldives
Bulgarian Мале́
  • Мале́ (Malé)capital of the Maldives
Chinese Cantonese 馬累 /马累
  • 馬累 /马累 (maa⁵ leoi⁶)capital of the Maldives
Chinese Mandarin 馬累 /马累
  • 馬累 /马累 (Mǎlèi)capital of the Maldives
Czech Male
  • Malecapital of the Maldives
Danish Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Dutch Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Esperanto Maleo
  • Maleocapital of the Maldives
Estonian Male
  • Malecapital of the Maldives
Finnish Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
French Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
German Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Greek Μαλέ
  • Μαλέ (Malé)capital of the Maldives
Hindi माले
  • माले (māle)capital of the Maldives
Hungarian Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Icelandic Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Indonesian Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Irish Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Italian Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Japanese マレ
  • マレcapital of the Maldives
Korean 말레
  • 말레 (Malle)capital of the Maldives
Latvian Male
  • Malecapital of the Maldives
Lithuanian Malė
  • Malėcapital of the Maldives
Malay Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Norwegian Bokmål Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Persian ماله
  • ماله (mâle)capital of the Maldives
Polish Male
  • Malecapital of the Maldives
Portuguese Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Punjabi ਮਾਲੇ
  • ਮਾਲੇ (māle)capital of the Maldives
Romanian Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Russian Мале́
  • Мале́ (Malé)capital of the Maldives
Slovak Male
  • Malecapital of the Maldives
Spanish Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Swedish Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Tamil மாலே
  • மாலே (mālē)capital of the Maldives
Thai มาเล
  • มาเล (maa-lee)capital of the Maldives
Turkish Malé
  • Malécapital of the Maldives
Ukrainian Мале́
  • Мале́ (Malé)capital of the Maldives
Urdu مالے
  • مالے (māle)capital of the Maldives
Vietnamese Ma-lê
  • Ma-lêcapital of the Maldives
Yiddish מאַלע
  • מאַלעcapital of the Maldives
Cite this entry
APA

Malé. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mal%C3%A9

MLA

“Malé.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mal%C3%A9. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malé,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mal%C3%A9.

Source: Malé on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.