muntanja

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Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sicilian muntagna, from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

muntanja f (plural muntanji)

  1. mountain (large mass of earth and rock)
    Synonym: ġebel (now chiefly in placenames or in the plural)
  2. mountain (large amount)

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