Malta

See also: malta, Málta, Maltā, and mälta

Coat of arms of Malta

English

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.
3. A small city in Montana, USA, and the county seat of Phillips County.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• Maltese

Translations

republic

• Acehnese: Malta
• Albanian: Maltë f (indefinite), Malta (sq) f
• Amharic: ማልታ (malta)
• Arabic: مَالْطَا‏‎ f (malṭā)
• Armenian: Մալթա (Maltʿa)
• Asturian: Malta (ast)
• Azeri: Malta (az)
• Bashkir: Мальта (Mal’ta)
• Basque: Malta (eu)
• Belarusian: Ма́льта f (Málʹta)
• Bengali: মাল্টা (malṭa)
• Breton: Malta
• Bulgarian: Ма́лта (bg) f (Málta)
• Burmese: မော်လတာ (maula.ta)
• Catalan: Malta (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Crimean Tatar: Malta
• Czech: Malta (cs) f
• Danish: Malta (da)
• Dutch: Malta (nl)
• Esperanto: Malto (eo)
• Estonian: Malta (et)
• Faroese: Malta n
• Finnish: Malta (fi)
• French: Malte (fr)
• Galician: Malta (gl) f
• Georgian: მალტა (malṭa)
• German: Malta (de)
• Greek: Μάλτα (el) f (Málta)
• Hebrew: מַלְטָה‏‎ (he) f (malta)
• Hindi: माल्टा (hi) (mālṭā)
• Hungarian: Málta (hu)
• Icelandic: Malta (is) f
• Indonesian: Malta (id)
• Italian: Malta (it) f
• Japanese: マルタ (ja) (Maruta)
• Kalenjin: Malta
• Kamba: Malta
• Kazakh: Мальта (Malʹta)
• Khmer: ម៉ាល់តា (malta)
• Kikuyu: Malta
• Korean: 몰타 (Molta)
• Kyrgyz: Мальта (Malʹta)
• Lao: ມານ (mān), ປະເທດມານ (pa thēt mān)

• Latin: Melita (la)
• Latvian: Malta f
• Lithuanian: Malta (lt) f
• Luhya: Malta
• Luo: Malta
• Luxembourgish: Malta n
• Macedonian: Малта (mk) f (Malta)
• Malay: Malta
• Maltese: Malta (mt)
• Maori: Merita
• Marathi: माल्टा (mālṭā)
• Meru: Malta
• Mongolian: Мальт (Malʹt)
• Norman: Malte f
• Northern Sami: Malta
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: Malta (no)

  Norwegian Nynorsk: Malta (nn)

• Persian: مالت‏‎ (fa) (mâlt)
• Polish: Malta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Malta (pt) f
• Romanian: Malta (ro) f
• Russian: Ма́льта (ru) f (Málʹta)
• Scots: Maltae
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Малта f

  Roman: Malta (sh) f

• Silesian: Malta f
• Sinhalese: මෝල්ටාව (mōlṭāva)
• Slovak: Malta f
• Slovene: Málta (sl) f
• Spanish: Malta (es) f
• Swahili: Malta (sw)
• Swedish: Malta (sv)
• Tagalog: Malta
• Tajik: Малта (Malta)
• Thai: มอลตา (th) (mɔn-dtâa)
• Turkish: Malta (tr)
• Turkmen: Malta
• Ukrainian: Ма́льта (uk) f (Málʹta)
• Urdu: مالٹا‏‎ (mālṭā)
• Uzbek: Malta (uz)
• Vietnamese: Man-ta
• Yiddish: מאַלטאַ‏‎ (malta)

island

• Arabic: مَالْطَا‏‎ f (malṭā)
• 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 (Mǎ'ěrtā dǎo)

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

  Ancient Greek: Μελίτη f (Melítē)

• Hebrew: מַלְטָה‏‎ (he) f (malta)
• Hindi: माल्टा (hi) (mālṭā)
• Hungarian: Málta (hu)
• Italian: Malta (it) f
• Japanese: マルタ (ja) (Maruta), マルタ島 (マルタとう, Maruta tō)
• Korean: 몰타 (Molta)
• Latin: Melita (la), Melitē f

• Latvian: Malta f, Maltas sala f
• Luxembourgish: Malta n
• Macedonian: Малта (mk) f (Malta)
• Maltese: Malta (mt)
• Marathi: माल्टा (mālṭā)
• Norman: Malte f
• Northern Sami: Malta
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Malta (no)

  Nynorsk: Malta (nn)

• Ottoman Turkish: مالطه‏‎ (malte)
• Persian: مالت‏‎ (fa) (mâlt)
• Polish: Malta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Malta (pt) f
• Romanian: Malta (ro) f
• Russian: Ма́льта (ru) f (Málʹta)
• 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) (mɔn-dtâa)
• Turkish: Malta (tr)
• Urdu: مالٹا‏‎ (mālṭā)

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Category: en:Countries of Europe)}
• Appendix:Place names in Malta
• Countries of the world
• Malta Island

Anagrams

• talma, tamal

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Acehnese

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

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Asturian

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

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Basque

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

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltès

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Czech

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltský
• maltština
• Malťan

Further reading

• Malta in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Malta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• audio

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Proper noun

Malta n

1. Malta

Anagrams

• maalt

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Estonian

Proper noun

Malta

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

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Finnish

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Declension

Inflection of Malta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Malta	—
genitive		Maltan	—
partitive		Maltaa	—
illative		Maltaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Malta	—
accusative	nom.	Malta	—
	gen.	Maltan
genitive		Maltan	—
partitive		Maltaa	—
inessive		Maltassa	—
elative		Maltasta	—
illative		Maltaan	—
adessive		Maltalla	—
ablative		Maltalta	—
allative		Maltalle	—
essive		Maltana	—
translative		Maltaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Maltatta	—
comitative		—	—

Derived terms

• malta
• maltalainen

Anagrams

• lamat, malat

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Galician

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltés

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German

Proper noun

Malta n (genitive Maltas)

1. Malta

Derived terms

• maltesisch
• Malteser
• Maltese

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Italian

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Derived terms

• maltese

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Latvian

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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Lithuanian

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Declension

    declension of Malta

nominative	Malta
genitive	Maltos
dative	Maltai
accusative	Maltą
instrumental	Malta
locative	Maltoje
vocative	Malta

Synonyms

• Maltos Respublika

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Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɐltɐ/

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Related terms

• malteser
• maltesisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltesar
• maltesisk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Declension

declension of Malta

	singular
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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta (an archipelago and country of Europe in the Mediterranean)

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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɫta/

Proper noun

Malta f (genitive Malty) declension pattern žena

1. Malta

Declension

Declension of Malta

	singulare tantum
nominative	Malta
genitive	Malty
dative	Malte
accusative	Maltu
locative	Malte
instrumental	Maltou

Further reading

• Malta in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Derived terms

• maltézsky rád
• maltský
• Malťan
• Malťanka

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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

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltés/maltesa

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Swedish

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Malta (“Malta”).

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

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Turkish

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Derived terms

• Maltalı

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Turkmen

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

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West Frisian

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta