Malta

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā, “Māliṭā”) etc., from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), apparently from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + -η (-ē, “-a: forming feminine place names”) although its use for the island of Malta is considered uncertain. Some scholars consider it to represent the importance of the islands' indigenous bees and their output. Others consider it a transcription of Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ, “Grand Harbor, Cospicua”), from 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ, “refuge, port”), reapplied first to the island and then, after the Punic Wars, to its Roman seat of government at Mdina. Note however that Latin Malta is already attested in some medieval manuscripts of the Antonine Itinerary. See Wikipedia's articles on Melite and Malta. Doublet of Meleda and Mljet.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒl.tə/, /ˈmɔːl.tə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑl.tə/, /ˈmɔl.tə/

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• Rhymes: -ɒltə, -ɔːltə
• Homophone: malter (in non-rhotic accents)

Malta

1. An island country in Southern Europe. Capital: Valletta.
2. The archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea composing the country.
3. The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago.
4. A small city, the county seat of Phillips County, Montana, United States.

• (country): Republic of Malta (official)
• (archipelago): Maltese Archipelago
• (island): Malta Island; Melita, Melite (historical)

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
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• Malta Island

• talma, tamal

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe; capital: Valletta)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago; capital: Valletta)

• Maltees
• Malteser
• Maltesiër
• Maltesies

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/, [ˈmal̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: Mal‧ta

Malta f

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

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• IPA^(key): /malta/ [mal̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: Mal‧ta

Malta inan

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmal.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈmal.ta]

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Malta f

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltès

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalta]

Malta f (related adjective maltský, demonym Malťan)

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• Malta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Malta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Malta in Internetová jazyková příručka

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v. The neighbourhood was named after the 1565 Great Siege of Malta, first attested in the form Maltha in 1641.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑl.taː/

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• Hyphenation: Mal‧ta

Malta n

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
3. A neighbourhood of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherlands.

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “malta”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• maalt

From Maltese Malta, q.v.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑltɑ/, [ˈmɑltɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
• Hyphenation: Mal‧ta

Malta (genitive Malta, partitive Maltat)

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• Malta in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

From Italian Malta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑltɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝l̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Mal‧ta

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• (countries of Europe) Euroopan maat; Alankomaat, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaidžan, Belgia, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina, Bulgaria, Espanja, Georgia, Irlanti, Islanti, Iso-Britannia, Italia, Itävalta, Kazakstan, Kreikka, Kroatia, Kypros, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Liettua, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norja, Pohjois-Makedonia, Portugali, Puola, Ranska, Romania, Ruotsi, Saksa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suomi, Sveitsi, Tanska, Tšekki, Turkki, Ukraina, Unkari, Valko-Venäjä, Vatikaani, Venäjä, Viro ^{(Category: fi:Countries in Europe)}

• lamat, malat

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

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Malta f

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltés

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Malta n (proper noun, genitive Maltas or (optionally with an article) Malta)

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltesisch
• Malteser
• Maltese

• (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Jugoslawien, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monako/Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Rußland/Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechei/Tschechien, Tschechoslowakei, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Weißrußland/Weißrussland, Zypern ^{(Category: de:Countries in Europe)}

• “Malta” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

• IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ta/
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: Màl‧ta

Malta f

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltese

• (countries of Europe) paesi d'Europa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaigian, Belgio, Bielorussia, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Bulgaria, Cechia, Cipro, Città del Vaticano, Croazia, Danimarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Georgia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Kazakistan, Lettonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Macedonia del Nord, Malta, Moldavia, Monaco, Montenegro, Norvegia, Paesi Bassi, Polonia, Portogallo, Romania, Regno Unito, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Spagna, Svezia, Svizzera, Turchia, Ucraina, Ungheria ^{(Category: it:Countries in Europe)}

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.

Malta f (4th declension)

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

   Maltas sala ― Malta island

   Maltas salā atrodas valsts galvaspilsēta ― the country's capital is located on the island of Malta

3. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe) (country in the Mediterranean, comprising several islands — Malta, Gozo, Comino — with Valletta as its capital)

   Maltas karogs ― the flag of Malta

   1964. gada 21. septembrī Malta ieguva neatkarību no Apvienotās Karalistes ― on September 21st, 1964, Malta gained (its) independence from the United Kingdom

• Maltas Republika

• maltietis, maltiete
• maltisks
• maltiešu valoda

Málta f

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• Máltos Respùblika

• maltietis m, maltietė f

• (countries of Europe) Europos šalys; Airija, Albanija, Andora, Armėnija, Austrija, Azerbaidžanas, Baltarusija, Belgija, Bosnija ir Hercegovina, Bulgarija, Čekija, Danija, Estija, Graikija, Gruzija, Gudija, Islandija, Ispanija, Italija, Jungtinė Karalystė, Juodkalnija, Kazachstanas, Kipras, Kroatija, Latvija, Lenkija, Lichtenšteinas, Lietuva, Liuksemburgas, Makedonija, Malta, Moldavija, Monakas, Nyderlandai, Norvegija, Portugalija, Prancūzija, Rumunija, Rusija, San Marinas, Serbija, Slovakija, Slovėnija, Suomija, Švedija, Šveicarija, Turkija, Ukraina, Vatikanas, Vengrija, Vokietija

From Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā) etc., from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːl.ta/

Malta f

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• For the sake of clarity and/or inclusiveness, the country as a whole may be referred to with terms such as Malta u Għawdex (“Malta and Gozo”), pajjiżna (“our country”), or il-gżejjer tagħna (“our islands”).

• → English: Malta
• French: Malte
• Irish: Málta
• → Italian: Malta
• → Portuguese: Malta
• → Spanish: Malta
  • → Tagalog: Malta

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• malteser
• maltesisk

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltesar
• maltesisk

Malta f

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltés

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ta/

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• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: Mal‧ta

Malta f (related adjective maltański)

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• Malta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Malta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Malta in PWN's encyclopedia

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɐ, (Brazil) -awtɐ
• Homophone: malta
• Hyphenation: Mal‧ta

Malta f

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe; official name: República de Malta)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Malta is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

• maltês

Malta ?

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• IPA^(key): /mâːlta/
• Hyphenation: Mal‧ta

Mȃlta f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑лта)

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalta]

Malta f (genitive singular Malty, declension pattern of žena)

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltézsky rád
• maltský
• Malťan
• Malťanka

• “Malta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

• IPA^(key): /máːlta/

Mȃlta f

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• Maltežȁn / Maltežȃnka
• maltẹ̑ški
• maltẹ̑ščina

• “Malta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/ [ˈmal̪.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: Mal‧ta

Malta f

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe; official name: República de Malta)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltés/maltesa

• → Tagalog: Malta

• “Malta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Malta n (genitive Maltas)

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltes
• maltesare
• maltesisk
• maltesiska

Borrowed from Spanish Malta, q.v.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/ [ˈmal.tɐ]
• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: Mal‧ta

Malta (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜆ)

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

From Ottoman Turkish مالطه (Malta), from Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician.

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Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• Maltalı

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Malta

1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)