Malta

See also: malta, Málta, Maltā, mälta, and Maltą

English

Satellite image of Malta

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔːltə

Proper noun

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, the county seat of Phillips County, Montana, United States.

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 (Maltʻa)
• Asturian: Malta (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Malta (az)
• Bashkir: Мальта (Malʹta)
• 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／马耳他 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrtā), 马耳他 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrtā), 馬爾他／马尔他 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrtā), 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)

  Ancient: please add this translation if you can

• Hausa: Malta
• Hebrew: מַלְטָה (he) f (malta)
• Hindi: माल्टा (hi) (mālṭā)
• Hungarian: Málta (hu)
• Icelandic: Malta (is) f
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: Malta (id)
• Irish: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: Malta (it) f
• Japanese: マルタ (ja) (Maruta)
• Kalenjin: Malta
• Kamba: Malta
• Kazakh: Мальта (Malta)
• Khmer: ម៉ាល់តា (maltaa)
• Kikuyu: Malta
• Korean: 몰타 (Molta)
• Kyrgyz: Мальта (Malta)
• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)

• Occitan: Malta (oc) f
• 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 (mōlṭāwa)
• 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) (mɔl-dtâa)
• Turkish: Malta (tr)
• Turkmen: Malta
• Ukrainian: Ма́льта (uk) f (Málʹta)
• Urdu: مالٹا (mālṭā)
• Uzbek: Malta (uz)
• Veps: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: Man-ta
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Votic: please add this translation if you can
• Võro: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: מאַלטאַ (malta)
• Yoruba: Malata

island

• Arabic: مَالْطَا f (malṭā)
• Armenian: Մալթա (Maltʻa)
• 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), 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: 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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) (mɔl-dtâa)
• Turkish: Malta (tr)
• Urdu: مالٹا (mālṭā)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ido: Malta (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• (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
• 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

Related terms

• maltera
• maltar

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltès

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalta]

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltský
• maltština
• Malťan

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Danish

Proper noun

Malta

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

Proper noun

Malta

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

Declension

Declension of Malta (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Malta	Maltad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Malta
genitive			Maltade
partitive		Maltat	Maltasid
illative		Maltasse	Maltadesse
inessive		Maltas	Maltades
elative		Maltast	Maltadest
allative		Maltale	Maltadele
adessive		Maltal	Maltadel
ablative		Maltalt	Maltadelt
translative		Maltaks	Maltadeks
terminative		Maltani	Maltadeni
essive		Maltana	Maltadena
abessive		Maltata	Maltadeta
comitative		Maltaga	Maltadega

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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	—
abessive		Maltatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Maltani — accusative nom. Maltani — gen. Maltani genitive Maltani — partitive Maltaani — inessive Maltassani — elative Maltastani — illative Maltaani — adessive Maltallani — ablative Maltaltani — allative Maltalleni — essive Maltanani — translative Maltakseni — abessive Maltattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Maltasi — accusative nom. Maltasi — gen. Maltasi genitive Maltasi — partitive Maltaasi — inessive Maltassasi — elative Maltastasi — illative Maltaasi — adessive Maltallasi — ablative Maltaltasi — allative Maltallesi — essive Maltanasi — translative Maltaksesi — abessive Maltattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Maltamme — accusative nom. Maltamme — gen. Maltamme genitive Maltamme — partitive Maltaamme — inessive Maltassamme — elative Maltastamme — illative Maltaamme — adessive Maltallamme — ablative Maltaltamme — allative Maltallemme — essive Maltanamme — translative Maltaksemme — abessive Maltattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Maltanne — accusative nom. Maltanne — gen. Maltanne genitive Maltanne — partitive Maltaanne — inessive Maltassanne — elative Maltastanne — illative Maltaanne — adessive Maltallanne — ablative Maltaltanne — allative Maltallenne — essive Maltananne — translative Maltaksenne — abessive Maltattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Maltansa — accusative nom. Maltansa — gen. Maltansa genitive Maltansa — partitive Maltaansa — inessive Maltassaan Maltassansa — elative Maltastaan Maltastansa — illative Maltaansa — adessive Maltallaan Maltallansa — ablative Maltaltaan Maltaltansa — allative Maltalleen Maltallensa — essive Maltanaan Maltanansa — translative Maltakseen Maltaksensa — abessive Maltattaan Maltattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• malta
• maltalainen
• maltankoira
• maltanristi

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

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Malta n (proper noun, strong, genitive Maltas)

1. Malta

Derived terms

• maltesisch
• Malteser
• Maltese

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

See also

• (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

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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 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), meaning “refuge”, or from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

Málta f

1. Malta

Declension

    Declension of Malta

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

Synonyms

• Máltos Respùblika

See also

• (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

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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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Occitan

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltés

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ta/

• Audio

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Proper noun

1. Malta

Declension

Declension of Malta

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

Derived terms

• (nouns) Maltańczyk m, Maltanka f
• (adjective) maltański

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in 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 singular Malty, declension pattern of 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 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

Derived terms

• maltézsky rád
• maltský
• Malťan
• Malťanka

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /máːlta/

Proper noun

Mȃlta f

1. Malta

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Málta
genitive	Málte
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Málta
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Málte
dative (dajȃlnik)	Málti
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Málto
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Málti
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Málto

Related terms

• Maltežȁn / Maltežȃnka
• maltẹ̑ški
• maltẹ̑ščina

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/ [ˈmal̪.t̪a]

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltés/maltesa

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Swedish

Proper noun

Malta n (genitive Maltas)

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