Etimología de La Malahá Curiosity · La Malahá, Comarca de Alhama, Granada Image of La Malahá, not of the place itself. The municipality's name comes from the Arabic 'al-Malaha,' meaning 'the salt pans'; it came to have more than 3,000 inhabitants during the Arab period, when it was also a producer of silk. Photo: SergioSaanchez (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in La Malahá