Malta

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

English

Satellite image of Malta

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Malta or its source Maltese Malta, from Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā), مَالِطَة (māliṭa) (modern مَالْطَا (mālṭā)), from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), which is disputed; from a Phoenician root 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μέλιτος (méli, mélitos, honey). More at Malta § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .

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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /malta/, [mal̪.t̪a]

Proper noun

Malta inan

  1. Malta

Declension

Declension of Malta (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive Malta
ergative Maltak
dative Maltari
genitive Maltaren
comitative Maltarekin
causative Maltarengatik
benefactive Maltarentzat
instrumental Maltaz
inessive Maltan
locative Maltako
allative Maltara
terminative Maltaraino
directive Maltarantz
destinative Maltarako
ablative Maltatik
partitive Maltarik
prolative Maltatzat

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta (a country in Europe)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmalta]

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

Etymology

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

The name of the neighbourhood is first attested as Maltha in 1641. It was named after the island in honour of the Battle of Malta of 1565.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑl.taː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Mal‧ta

Proper noun

Malta n

  1. Malta
  2. A neighbourhood of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherlands.

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), malta”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Anagrams


Estonian

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmɑltɑ/

Proper noun

Malta

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

Declension


Finnish

Etymology

From Italian Malta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑltɑ/, [ˈmɑlt̪ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Mal‧ta

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
Possessive forms of Malta (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person Maltani Maltamme
2nd person Maltasi Maltanne
3rd person Maltansa

Derived terms

Anagrams


Gagauz

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta (an island and country in Europe)

Galician

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Malta n (proper noun, genitive Maltas or (optionally with an article) Malta)

  1. Malta (an island and country in Southern Europe)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Malta” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalta/

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

See also


Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmal.ta/
  • Rhymes: -alta
  • Hyphenation: Màl‧ta

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 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (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

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā), مَالِطَة (māliṭa) (modern مَالْطَا (mālṭā)), from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːl.ta/

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta (a country in Europe)
  2. Malta (an island in Europe)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Malta
  • Italian: Malta

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Occitan

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmal.ta/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alta
  • Syllabification: Mal‧ta

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta (an island and country in Southern Europe)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • Maltanka
  • Maltańczyk

Further reading

  • Malta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Malta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaw.tɐ/ [ˈmaʊ̯.tɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaw.ta/ [ˈmaʊ̯.ta]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmal.tɐ/ [ˈmaɫ.tɐ]

  • Homophone: malta
  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɐ, (Brazil) -awtɐ
  • Hyphenation: Mal‧ta

Proper noun

Malta f

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

Usage notes

Malta is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.


Sardinian

Proper noun

Malta ?

  1. Malta (a country in Europe)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mȃlta f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑лта)

  1. Malta

Declension


Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmalta]

Proper noun

Malta f (genitive singular Malty, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Malta (an island and country in Europe)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Malta in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /máːlta/

Proper noun

Mȃlta f

  1. Malta

Inflection

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

Further reading

  • Malta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alta
  • Syllabification: Mal‧ta

Proper noun

Malta f

  1. Malta
    Synonym: República de Malta

Derived terms

Further reading


Swedish

Proper noun

Malta n (genitive Maltas)

  1. Malta

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Malta (Malta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalta/, [ˈmal.tɐ]

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مالطه (Malta).

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Derived terms

  • Maltalı

Turkmen

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Uzbek

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta

Declension


West Frisian

Proper noun

Malta

  1. Malta
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