# mapa
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin mappa

### Noun

mapa m (plural mapas)
* map

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “mapa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

### Noun

mapa m (plural mapes)
* map

## Basque
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish mapa, from Latin mappa.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /mapa/ [ma.pa]
* Rhymes: -apa
* Hyphenation: ma‧pa

### Noun

mapa inan
* map

#### Related terms

* mapamundi

### Further reading

* “mapa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “mapa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.pə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈma.pa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mapa m (plural mapes)
* map (sheet with geographical information on it)

#### Usage notes

* Originally this noun was a feminine noun, but in Modern Catalan it is now masculine, though it still forms its plural as if it were feminine.

### Further reading

* “mapa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “mapa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “mapa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mapa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmapa/ [ˈma.pɐ]
* Hyphenation: ma‧pa

### Noun

mapa
* map

### Verb

mapa
* to map

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mapa.

### Noun

mapa
* map

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, from Latin mappa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmapa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mapa f
* map (visual representation of an area)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “mapa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “mapa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “mapa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

### Noun

mapa m (plural mapas)
* map
    Synonym: carta

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmˠapˠə/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English map.

#### Noun

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, nominative plural mapaí)
* map
    Synonym: léarscáil

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
mapa
mapaí
vocative
a mhapa
a mhapaí
genitive
mapa
mapaí
dative
mapa
mapaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an mapa
na mapaí
genitive
an mhapa
na mapaí
dative
leis an mapa don mhapa
leis na mapaí :

##### Derived terms

* dearadh mapa m (“map design”)
* fótamapa m (“photomap”)
* léamh mapaí m (“map reading”)
* mapa aimsire m (“weather map”)
* mapa bóithre m (“road map”)
* mapa comh-airde m, mapa comhrianach m (“contour map”)
* mapa dáileacháin m (“distribution map”)
* mapa eangaí m (“grid map”)
* mapa na ndeachúna m (“tithe map”)
* mapa rilífe m (“relief map”)
* mapa turasóireachta (“tourist map”)
* mapáil (“map”, transitive verb)
* mapáil f (“mapping”)
* mapathagairt f (“map reference”)
* sracmhapa m (“sketch map”)
* teilgean mapa m (“map projection”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mop.

#### Noun

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, nominative plural mapaí)
* mop
    Synonym: strailleán

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
mapa
mapaí
vocative
a mhapa
a mhapaí
genitive
mapa
mapaí
dative
mapa
mapaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an mapa
na mapaí
genitive
an mhapa
na mapaí
dative
leis an mapa don mhapa
leis na mapaí :

##### Derived terms

* maipín m (“swab”)
* mapa grábhála m (“mop for tarring currach”)
* mapa tarra m (“tar brush”)
* mapáil (“mop”, transitive verb)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mapa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “mapa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mapa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “mapa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmapa/

### Noun

mapa f (diminutive mapka)
* portfolio, folder

#### Derived terms

* mapawka

### Further reading

* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mapa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Maranao
### Noun

mapa
* map

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mappa (“napkin”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.pa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: ma‧pa

### Noun

mapa f
* map (sheet with geographical information on it)

#### Derived terms

* mapa bitowa

#### Related terms

* bitmapowy
* bitmapa

#### Descendants

* → Belarusian: ма́па (mápa)
* → Ukrainian: ма́па (mápa)
* → Yiddish: מאַפּע (mape)

### Further reading

* mapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* mappa (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mappa (“napkin”), from Punic [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.pɐ/
* Rhymes: -apɐ
* Hyphenation: ma‧pa

### Noun

mapa m or (obsolete) f (plural mapas)
* map
** visual representation of an area
    Synonym: carta (dated)
* (video games, board games) an environment where a game is played

#### Derived terms

* mapa-múndi
* riscar do mapa
* sumir do mapa
* varrer do mapa

#### Related terms

* atlas
* mapeamento
* mapear
* mapoteca

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* map

### Etymology

Borrowed from English map.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmahpə/

### Noun

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, plural mapaichean)
* map (visual representation of an area)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mâpa/
* Hyphenation: ma‧pa

### Noun

mȁpa f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏па)
* map (visual representation of an area, map, sheet with geographical information on it)
    Synonyms: kȃrta, zȅmljovīd
* (Croatia, computing) folder
    Synonyms: folder, fascikla

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “mapa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, from Latin mappa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmapa]

### Noun

mapa f (relational adjective mapový, diminutive mapka)
* map (visual representation of an area)
* (colloquial) stain, patch

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “mapa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin mappa (“napkin, starting signal in a race”), see map for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmapa/ [ˈma.pa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: ma‧pa

### Noun

mapa m (plural mapas)
* map (sheet with geographical information on it)

#### Derived terms

* mapa de carreteras
* mapamundi
* mapear

#### Descendants

* Chavacano: mapa
* → Bikol Central: mapa
* → Cebuano: mapa
* → Ilocano: mapa
* → Tagalog: mapa

### Further reading

* “mapa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mapa (“map”), from Latin mappa.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmapa/ [ˈmaː.pɐ]
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: ma‧pa

### Noun

mapa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉ)
* map
** 2005, Sigay 3' 2005 Ed.(wika at Pagbasa)‎, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 187:Ito ang mapa ng Pilipinas. Binubuo ito ng malalaki at maliliit na pulo.This is the map of the Philippines. It is made up of big and small islands.

### References

* “mapa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Ulch
### Noun

mapa
* old man

#### References

* Sonya Oskolskaya, Natasha Stoynova, Some Changes in the Noun Paradigm of Ulcha Under the Language Shift, 2017.

## Wauja
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.pa/

### Noun

mapa
* honey
    Yamukunaun, aya autukene mapa!Children, let’s collect [wild] honey!

#### Derived terms

* mapanula (“kinkajou, Potos flavus”)

#### See also

* ikityunu (“bee”)

### References

* "Yamukunaun aya" uttered by Itsautaku, storyteller and elder, recounting the traditional Wauja tale of the "Man Who Drowned in Honey" (Paistyawalu), in the presence of his adolescent son Mayuri, adult daughter Mukura, and others. Recorded in Piyulaga village by E. Ireland, December 1989, transcript pp. 24-25.