Malka or Malkah may refer to:

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Malka (river) The Malka (), also known as Balyksu (), is a river in Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia, which forms the northwest part of the Terek (river), Terek basin.

, a river in Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia * Malka Balo, one of the districts in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia * Malka Hans, Punjab, a town in Pakistan * Malka Jara, a settlement in Kenya's Coast Province *

Malka, Kamchatka Krai Malka (), or Malki (), is a village in the Yelizovsky District of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It is to the northwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, on the main road running north up the Kamchatka Peninsula. It is part of the Nachikinskoe rural settlemen ...

, a village on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia * Malka Mari, a settlement in Kenya's Eastern Province * Malka, Pakistan, a town of Gujrat District in the Punjab province of Pakistan * Malka Polyana, a village in the municipality of Aytos in Burgas Province, Bulgaria * Malka Smolnitsa, a village in the municipality of Dobrichka in Dobrich Province, Bulgaria

People

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Judah ben Nissim al-Malkah Judah ben Nissim al-Malkah was a Moroccan, Jewish writer and philosopher living in the 13th century. His main work is ''Uns al-Gharīb''new ed. by Editions de l'éclat, 2008 (The Consolation of the Exiled). He also wrote a commentary on the'' Pir ...

, a Moroccan-Jewish writer and philosopher of the 13th century *

Marie Ortal Malka Marie Ortal Malka (born 13 November 1978) better known as Ortal or Ortal Malka is a singer, born in Israel of Berber and Andalusian origins. She began singing when she was sixteen. In 2000 Ortal moved to Spain and joined the group Gipsy Sound. O ...

, Israeli musician * Moti Malka, an Israeli footballer * Motti Malka, mayor of the Israeli city of Kiryat *

Napki Malka The Nezak Huns (Middle Persian, Pahlavi: 𐭭𐭩𐭰𐭪𐭩 ''nycky''), also Nezak Shahs, was a significant principality in the south of the Hindu Kush region of South Asia from circa 484 to 665 CE. Despite being traditionally identified as t ...

, a Hephthalite king of the 6th-7th century *

Zadok Malka Zadok Malka () is a former Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and th ...

, a former Israeli footballer

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*Malka is a Hebrew female name literally meaning "queen": **

Malka Drucker Malka Drucker (born March 14, 1945) is an American rabbi and author living in Santa Barbara, California. Overview Ordained in 1998 from the Academy for Jewish Religion, a transdenominational seminary, Drucker is the founding rabbi of HaMakom: ...

, an American rabbi **

Malka Lee Malka Lee (Yiddish: מלכה לי) (July 4, 1904 – March 22, 1976) was an American poet and author. She is the author of ''Durkh Kindershe Oygn'' (''Through the Eyes of Childhood''), published in 1955 and dedicated to her family, who were k ...

, (1904–1976), an American poet **

Malka Marom Malka Marom is a Canadian writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, folksinger and dancer. She is best known for her music career as part of the folksinging duo Malka & Joso in the 1960s, her radio documentaries, and more recently her novel ''Su ...

, Canadian journalist **

Malka Older Malka Ann Older is an American author, academic, and humanitarian aid worker. She was named the 2015 Senior Fellow for Technology and Risk at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, and has more than eight years' experience in hu ...

, an American author, academic, and humanitarian aid worker **

Malka Spigel Malka Spigel (; born 19 July 1954) is a London-based Israeli musician and artist. She was a founding member of the Israeli-Belgian rock band Minimal Compact. She has also worked as a solo musician and as a visual artist, exhibiting in prominent v ...

, Israeli musician and artist **

Malka Zimetbaum Malka Zimetbaum, also known as "Mala" Zimetbaum or "Mala the Belgian" (26 January 1918 – 15 September 1944), was a Belgian woman of Polish Jewish descent, known for her escape from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. She is also remember ...

(1918–1944), or Mala Zimetbaum, a Belgian-Jewish escapee from Auschwitz

Other

Melaveh Malkah Melaveh Malkah (also, Melave Malka or Melava Malka) (, lit. "Escorting the Queen") is the name of a meal that, as per Halakha, is customarily held by Jews after the Sabbath (Shabbat), in other words, on Saturday evening. The intent of the meal is t ...

(also Melave Malka or Melava Malka), a meal that is customarily held by Jews after their Sabbath *

Holy Leaven Holy Leaven, also known as ''Malka'' (, ), is a powder added to the sacramental bread used in the Eucharist of both the Ancient Church of the East and the Assyrian Church of the East and historically in the Church of the East. Both churches hol ...

(Malka), a sacrament of the Church of the East

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