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 𐤈𐤄𐤋𐤀𐤌 (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, honey). More at Malta.

Pronunciation

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

Derived terms

Translations

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See also

Anagrams


Acehnese

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Asturian

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta

Basque

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Declension


Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta

Czech

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta

Further reading

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

Danish

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Malta n

  1. Malta

Anagrams


Estonian

Proper noun

Malta

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

Declension


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

Anagrams


Galician

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Malta n (genitive Maltas)

  1. Malta

Derived terms


Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalta/

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

See also


Italian

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta

Derived terms


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

(file)

Proper noun

Malta f (4th declension)

  1. Malta (island in the Mediterranean, the largest of the islands that form the country of Malta)
    Maltas salaMalta island
    Maltas salā atrodas valsts galvaspilsētathe country's capital is located on the island of Malta
  2. Malta (country in the Mediterranean, comprising several islandsMalta, Gozo, Comino — with Valletta as its capital)
    Maltas karogsthe flag of Malta
    1964. gada 21. septembrī Malta ieguva neatkarību no Apvienotās Karalisteson September 21st, 1964, Malta gained (its) independence from the United Kingdom

Declension

Synonyms


Lithuanian

Proper noun

Málta f

  1. Malta

Declension

Synonyms

  • Máltos Respùblika

See also


Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɐltɐ/

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmal.ta/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta

Declension

Derived terms


Portuguese

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Malta f

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mȃlta f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑лта)

  1. Malta

Declension


Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɫta/

Proper noun

Malta f (genitive Malty) declension pattern žena

  1. Malta

Declension

Further reading

  • Malta in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Derived terms


Slovene

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Málta f (genitive Málte)

  1. Malta

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalta/, [ˈmal̪t̪a]

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta

Swedish

Proper noun

Malta n (genitive Maltas)

  1. Malta

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Malta (Malta).

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Turkish

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Derived terms

  • Maltalı

Turkmen

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

West Frisian

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta
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