macchia

Etymology
From, related to 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬; ultimately from. .

Noun

 * 1) A shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries, typically consisting of densely-growing evergreen shrubs.

Translations

 * Arabic: أجمة متوسطية, ماكيا
 * Catalan:
 * Corsican:, macchja
 * Danish: maki
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: μακία
 * Icelandic: makí-kjarr
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: makija
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, makchia
 * Portuguese: maquis
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Spanish:, maquis

Etymology 1
From, from. , a borrowing.

Noun

 * 1) stain, smear
 * 2) spot, fleck
 * 3)  blot, speck, disgrace
 * 4)  defect, flaw

Etymology 2
A semantic extension of the above.

Noun

 * 1) shrub, bush, brake

Alternative forms

 * vuscagghia

Noun

 * 1) shrub, bush, brake