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malibu

/ˈmælɪbuː/

malibu noun: a type of lightweight longboard known for its stability. Also the ellipsis of Malibu bay breeze.

Noun (1)

malibu (plural malibus)

  1. A type of lightweight longboard known for its stability.
    Synonyms:
    mal

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Malibu

Malibu

  1. A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, known for its beaches.
    • The California counties include Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Bernardino, Ventura and others. Cities include Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Long Beach, Malibu, Culver City and Huntington Beach (see the full list below).2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025
  2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Malibu Bay (“California”).

Noun (2) capitalized: Malibu

Malibu (plural Malibus)

  1. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Malibu bay breeze
  2. (alternative) Alternative form of malibu

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Malibu

Malibu

  1. An indigenous people found in Colombia
  2. The language spoken by those people

Also used as

malibu is also the ellipsis of Malibu bay breeze.

malibu meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

malibu in Hindi

मालिबू, मालिबु

malibu in Tamil

மாலிபு, மாலிபூ

malibu in Marathi

मालिबू, मालिबु, मलिबू

malibu in Urdu

مالیبو, ملیبو
More languagesFewer languages
malibu in Bengali
মালিবু
malibu in Telugu
మాలిబు, మాలిబూ
malibu in Malayalam
മാലിബു, മാലിബൂ
malibu in Kannada
ಮಾಲಿಬು, ಮಾಲಿಬೂ
malibu in Punjabi
ਮਾਲਿਬੂ, ਮਾਲੀਬੂ, ਮਲਿਬੂ
malibu in Gujarati
માલિબુ, માલિબૂ, માલિબ્યુ
malibu in Odia
ମାଲିବୁ, ମାଲିବୂ
malibu in Nepali
मालिबु, मालिबू

Synonyms of malibu

Forms of malibu

Noun
pluralmalibus
alternative formMalibu
pluralMalibus
Proper noun
alternative formMalebu

Origin of malibu

Named for the town of Malibu, where the boards were first made.

From Ventureño Humaliwo (literally “where the surf sounds loudly”).

From the Malibu malibu (“chief”)

Words formed from malibu

Phrases with malibu

Questions about malibu

What does malibu mean?
Malibu means a type of lightweight longboard known for its stability.
What is malibu in Hindi?
Malibu in Hindi is मालिबू, मालिबु. See Malibu meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is malibu?
Malibu can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce malibu?
Malibu is pronounced /ˈmælɪbuː/.
What is the plural of malibu?
The plural of malibu is malibus.

Words near malibu in the dictionary

  1. Maliao
  2. MALIAT
  3. Malibar
  4. Malibas
  5. Malibcong
  6. malibu
  7. Malibu Bay
  8. Malibu Bay Breeze
  9. Malibu Bay Breezes
  10. malibus
  11. malic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: malibu (page history and authors); Malibu (page history and authors); malibu (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malibu (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malibu (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malibu (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malibu (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malibu (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malibu (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malibu (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malibu (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malibu (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malibu (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malibu (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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