[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.9013 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9013 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9013 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9013](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9013) 1511.—“This Paremiçura gave the name of Malaca to the new colony, because in the language of Java, when a man of Palimbão flees away they call him Malay o. . . Others say that it was called Malaca because of the number of people who came there from one part and the other in so short a space of time, for the word Malaca also signifies to meet. . . Of these two opinions let each one accept that which he thinks to be the best, for this is the truth of the matter.”—Commentaries of Alboquerque, E.T. by Birch, iii. 76-77. - [Previous: c10.9012](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9012) - [Next: c10.9014](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9014) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9013](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9013) · Pramāṇa