Malta

See also: malta, Málta, and Maltā

English

Wikipedia

Satellite image of Malta

Etymology

Disputed; from a Phoenician root [script needed] (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔːltə

Proper noun

Malta

1. A European country in the Mediterranean Sea. Official name: Republic of Malta.
2. The largest island of the Maltese Archipelago.

Synonyms

• (country): Republic of Malta
• (island): Malta Island

Derived terms

• Maltese

Translations

republic

• Acehnese: Malta
• Arabic: مالطا f (málTa)
• Armenian: Մալթա (Maltʿa)
• Asturian: Malta (ast)
• Azeri: Malta (az)
• Basque: Malta (eu)
• Belarusian: Мальта f (Mál’ta)
• Bengali: মাল্টা (malṭa)
• Breton: Malta
• Bulgarian: Малта (bg) f (Málta)
• Catalan: Malta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬耳他 (zh), 马耳他 (Mǎ'ěrtā), 馬爾他 (zh), 马尔他 (Mǎ'ěrtā)

• Crimean Tatar: Malta
• Czech: Malta (cs) f
• Danish: Malta
• Dutch: Malta (nl)
• Esperanto: Malto
• Estonian: Malta (et)
• Faroese: Malta n
• Finnish: Malta (fi)
• French: Malte (fr)
• Galician: Malta (gl) f
• Georgian: მალტა (malta)
• German: Malta (de)
• Greek: Μάλτα (el) f (Málta)
• Hebrew: מלטה (he) f (malta)
• Hindi: माल्टा (hi) (mālṭā)
• Hungarian: Málta (hu)
• Italian: Malta (it) f
• Japanese: マルタ (Maruta)
• Jèrriais: Malte f
• Kalenjin: Malta
• Kamba: Malta
• Khmer: ម៉ាល់តា (malta)

• Kikuyu: Malta
• Korean: 몰타 (ko) (Molta)
• Latin: Melita
• Latvian: Malta f, Maltas Republika f
• Luhya: Malta
• Luo: Malta
• Luxembourgish: Malta n
• Macedonian: Малта (mk) f (Málta)
• Maltese: Malta (mt)
• Maori: Merita
• Marathi: माल्टा (mālṭā)
• Meru: Malta
• Norwegian: Malta (no)
• Persian: مالت (fa) (Mâlt)
• Polish: Malta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Malta (pt) f
• Romanian: Malta (ro) f
• Russian: Мальта (ru) f (Mál’ta)
• Scots: Maltae
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Малта f

  Roman: Malta (sh) f

• Silesian: Malta f
• Slovak: Malta f
• Slovene: Málta f
• Spanish: Malta (es) f
• Swahili: Malta (sw)
• Swedish: Malta (sv)
• Thai: มอลตา (th) (mondtaa)
• Tunisian Arabic: مالطة f (malta)
• Turkish: Malta (tr)
• Turkmen: Malta
• Ukrainian: Мальта (uk) f (Mál’ta)
• Urdu: مالٹا (mālṭā)

island

• Arabic: مالطا f (málTa)
• Armenian: Մալթա (Maltʿa)
• Asturian: Malta (ast)
• Basque: Malta (eu)
• Breton: Malta
• Catalan: Malta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬耳他島, 马耳他岛 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrtā dǎo)

• Czech: Malta (cs) f
• Danish: Malta
• Dutch: Malta (nl)
• Esperanto: Malto
• Estonian: Malta (et)
• Faroese: Malta f
• Finnish: Malta (fi)
• French: Malte (fr)
• Galician: Malta (gl)
• Georgian: მალტა (malta)
• German: Malta (de)
• Greek: Μάλτα (el) f (Málta)

  Ancient Greek: Μελίτη f (Melítē)

• Hebrew: מלטה (he) (Malṭa)
• Hindi: माल्टा (hi) (Mālṭā)
• Hungarian: Málta (hu)
• Italian: Malta (it) f
• Japanese: マルタ (Maruta), マルタ島 (マルタとう, Maruta tō)
• Jèrriais: Malte f

• Korean: 몰타 (ko) (Molta)
• Latin: Melita, Melitē f
• Latvian: Malta f, Maltas sala f
• Luxembourgish: Malta n
• Macedonian: Малта (mk) f (Málta)
• Maltese: Malta (mt)
• Marathi: माल्टा (mālṭā)
• Norwegian: Malta (no)
• Ottoman Turkish: مالطه (Malte)
• Persian: مالت (fa) (Mâlt)
• Polish: Malta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Malta (pt) f
• Romanian: Malta (ro) f
• Russian: Мальта (ru) f (Mál’ta)
• Scots: Maltae
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Малта f

  Roman: Malta (sh) f

• Silesian: Malta f
• Slovak: Malta f
• Slovene: Malta (sl) f
• Spanish: Malta (es) f
• Swedish: Malta (sv)
• Thai: มอลตา (th) (Mɔ̄ntā)
• Turkish: Malta (tr)
• Urdu: مالٹا (Mâlṫa)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Malta
• Countries of the world
• Malta Island

Anagrams

• tamal

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Acehnese

Wikipedia ^ace

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

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Asturian

Wikipedia ^ast

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

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Basque

Wikipedia ^eu

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Declension

"Malta" inanimate proper noun indefinite absolutive Malta ergative Maltak dative Maltari genitive Maltaren comitative Maltarekin causative Maltarengatik benefactive Maltarentzat instrumental Maltaz innesive Maltatan locative Maltatako allative Maltatara terminative Maltataraino directive Maltatarantz destinative Maltatarako ablative Maltatatik partitive Maltarik prolative Maltatzat

Related terms

• maltera
• maltar

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Catalan

Wikipedia ^ca

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltès

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Czech

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• audio

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Proper noun

Malta n

1. Malta

Anagrams

• maalt

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Estonian

Wikipedia ^et

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta (country)
2. Malta (island)

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Finnish

Wikipedia ^fi

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Declension

Inflection of Malta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		Malta	—
accusative	nom.?	Malta	—
	gen.	Maltan
genitive		Maltan	—
partitive		Maltaa	—
inessive		Maltassa	—
elative		Maltasta	—
illative		Maltaan	—
adessive		Maltalla	—
ablative		Maltalta	—
allative		Maltalleˣ	—
essive		Maltana	—
translative		Maltaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Maltatta	—
comitative		—	—

Derived terms

• malta
• maltalainen

Anagrams

• lamat, malat

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Galician

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltés

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German

Wikipedia ^de

Proper noun

Malta n (genitive Maltas)

1. Malta

Derived terms

• maltesisch
• Malteser
• Malteserin

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Derived terms

• maltese

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Latvian

Wikipedia ^lv

Malta (Eiropā)

Maltas karogs

Maltas, Goco un Komino salas

Etymology

The origin of this word is disputed. It may come from a Phoenician root [script needed] (mlṭ), meaning “refuge”, or from the Ancient Greek word μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Malta f (4th declension)

1. Malta (island in the Mediterranean, the largest of the islands that form the country of Malta)

   Maltas sala — Malta island

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

2. Malta (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

Declension

Declension of Malta (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Malta	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Maltu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Maltas	—
dative (datīvs)	Maltai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Maltu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Maltā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Malta	—

Synonyms

• Maltas Republika

Related terms

• maltietis, maltiete
• maltisks
• maltiešu valoda

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Maltese

Wikipedia ^mt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɐltɐ/

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Related terms

• malteser
• maltesisk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Declension

declension of Malta

	singular only
nominative	Malta
genitive	Malty
dative	Malcie
accusative	Maltę
instrumental	Maltą
locative	Malcie
vocative	Malto

Derived terms

• Maltańczyk m, Maltanka f
• adjective: maltański

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Portuguese

Wikipedia ^pt

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɫ.tɐ/
• Homophone: malta

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mȃlta f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑лта)

1. Malta

Declension

Declension of Malta

	singular
nominative	Malta
genitive	Malte
dative	Malti
accusative	Maltu
vocative	Malto
locative	Malti
instrumental	Maltom

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Slovak

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Declension

declension pattern žena, stem Malt

Derived terms

• maltézsky rád
• maltský

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmáːlta/
• Tonal orthography: mȃlta

Proper noun

Málta f (genitive Málte)

1. Malta

Declension

Declension of Málta (feminine, a-stem)

	singular
nominative	Málta
accusative	Málto
genitive	Málte
dative	Málti
locative	Málti
instrumental	Málto

Related terms

• Maltežàn / Maltežánka
• maltéški
• maltéščina

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltés/maltesa

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Swedish

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

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Turkish

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Derived terms

• Maltalı

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West Frisian

Wikipedia ^fy

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta