Malta

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See also: malta, Málta, Maltā, and mälta

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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 Malta (disambiguation) on Wikipedia
Satellite image of Malta

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Melita, which is disputed; from a Phoenician root 𐤈𐤄𐤋𐤀𐤌‎ (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”). More at Malta.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːl.tə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑl.tə/, /ˈmɔl.tə/
  • Audio (US)
    		(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːltə

Proper noun[edit]

Malta

  2. A European country in the Mediterranean Sea. Official name: Republic of Malta.
  3. The largest island of the Maltese Archipelago.
  4. A small city in Montana, USA, and the county seat of Phillips County.

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Translations[edit]

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Anagrams[edit]

Acehnese[edit]

Acehnese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ace

Proper noun[edit]

Malta

  1. Malta

Asturian[edit]

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

Proper noun[edit]

Malta f

  1. Malta

Basque[edit]

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eu

Proper noun[edit]

Malta

  1. Malta

Declension[edit]

(inanimate proper noun) declension of Malta
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

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Catalan[edit]

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Malta f

  1. Malta

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Czech[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Malta f

  1. Malta

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Further reading[edit]

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

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Malta n

  1. Malta

Anagrams[edit]

Estonian[edit]

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

Proper noun[edit]

Malta

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

Finnish[edit]

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Proper noun[edit]

Malta

  1. Malta

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Malta f

  1. Malta

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German[edit]

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Proper noun[edit]

Malta n (genitive Maltas)

  1. Malta

Derived terms[edit]

Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Proper noun[edit]

Malta f

  1. Malta

Derived terms[edit]

Latvian[edit]

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 Malta on Latvian Wikipedia
Malta (Eiropā)
Maltas karogs
Maltas, Goco un Komino salas

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

(file)

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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Lithuanian[edit]

Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lt

Proper noun[edit]

Málta f

  1. Malta

Declension[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

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Maltese[edit]

Maltese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia mt

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Malta f

  1. Malta

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Proper noun[edit]

Malta

  1. Malta

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun[edit]

Malta

  1. Malta

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Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Malta f

  1. Malta

Declension[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Melite, which is disputed; from a Phoenician root 𐤈𐤄𐤋𐤀𐤌‎ (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”). More at Malta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Malta f

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

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Mȃlta f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑лта)

  1. Malta

Declension[edit]

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

Slovak[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Malta f (genitive Malty) declension pattern žena

  1. Malta

Declension[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • Malta in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Derived terms[edit]

Slovene[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Málta f (genitive Málte)

  1. Malta

Declension[edit]

Declension of Málta (feminine, a-stem)
singular
nominative Málta
accusative Málto
genitive Málte
dative Málti
locative Málti
instrumental Málto

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Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Melite, which is disputed; from a Phoenician root 𐤈𐤄𐤋𐤀𐤌‎ (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”). More at Malta.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalta/, [ˈmal̪t̪a]

Proper noun[edit]

Malta f

  1. Malta

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Swedish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Malta n (genitive Maltas)

  1. Malta

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish Malta (“Malta”).

Proper noun[edit]

Malta

  1. Malta

Turkish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Malta

  1. Malta

Derived terms[edit]

Turkmen[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Malta

  1. Malta

West Frisian[edit]

West Frisian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fy

Proper noun[edit]

Malta

  1. Malta
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