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mappa.

white cloth; napkin; handkerchief; cloth dropped as start signal; tablecloth;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈmap.pa]Classical-Latin[ˈmap.pa]

  1. napkin

    declension-1 · feminine

  2. starting signal

    declension-1 · feminine

  3. map

    New-Latin · declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Said by the Roman author Quintilian to be of Punic origin, perhaps from Phoenician 𐤌𐤀𐤐 (mʾp /⁠mappē⁠/), from Proto-Semitic *manpay, *manpiy- (“fine cloth, sieve”). Compare Israeli Hebrew מַפָּה (mappā́, “a map; a cloth”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.