What is the Malayalam meaning of Malayalam?

Answer 1

Hill region or Hill area (Mala means 'hill', alum/elum means region or area. Thus the word 'Malayalam originated from Tamil).

This will be more appropriate:

Mala means mountian and Aalam (derivative of Aazham) means depth (the sea).

So Malayalam means the land between the mountain and the see.

Please note that the eastern border of "Keralam" (the land of Malayalam) is western ghat mountain range and the western border is Arabian sea.

The state where 'Malayalam' (the only name of a language which is a palindrome - which can be read both forward and backward) is spoken is known as Keralam. Keralam means the Alam (land) of Keram (coconut).

Answer 2

The Malayalam word "Malayalam" means "mountain region" or "land of the mountains" in the Malayalam language.