Malta
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā, “Māliṭā”) etc., from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), apparently from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + -η (-ē, “-a: forming feminine place names”) although its use for the island of Malta is considered uncertain. Some scholars consider it to represent the importance of the islands' indigenous bees and their output. Others consider it a transcription of Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ, “Grand Harbor, Cospicua”), from 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ, “refuge, port”), reapplied first to the island and then, after the Punic Wars, to its Roman seat of government at Mdina. Note however that Latin Malta is already attested in some medieval manuscripts of the Antonine Itinerary. See Wikipedia's articles on Melite and Malta. Doublet of Meleda and Mljet.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒl.tə/, /ˈmɔːl.tə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑl.tə/, /ˈmɔl.tə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒltə, Rhymes: -ɔːltə
Proper noun edit
Malta
- An island country in Southern Europe. Capital: Valletta.
- The archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea composing the country.
- The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago.
- A small city, the county seat of Phillips County, Montana, United States.
Synonyms edit
- (country): Republic of Malta (official)
- (archipelago): Maltese Archipelago
- (island): Malta Island; Melita, Melite (historical)
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See also edit
- (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
- Countries of the world
- Malta Island
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
Afrikaans edit
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe; capital: Valletta)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago; capital: Valletta)
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Malta f
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Malta inan
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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indefinite | |
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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 |
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Further reading edit
- “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019
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Malta f
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
Crimean Tatar edit
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Malta f (related adjective maltský, demonym Malťan)
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Etymology edit
From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v. The neighbourhood was named after the 1565 Great Siege of Malta, first attested in the form Maltha in 1641.
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Malta n
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
- A neighbourhood of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherlands.
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “malta”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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Malta (genitive Malta, partitive Maltat)
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Declension of Malta (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | Malta | — | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | Malta | ||
genitive | — | ||
partitive | Maltat | — | |
illative | Maltasse | — | |
inessive | Maltas | — | |
elative | Maltast | — | |
allative | Maltale | — | |
adessive | Maltal | — | |
ablative | Maltalt | — | |
translative | Maltaks | — | |
terminative | Maltani | — | |
essive | Maltana | — | |
abessive | Maltata | — | |
comitative | Maltaga | — |
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Inflection of Malta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
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- (countries of Europe) Euroopan maat; Alankomaat, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaidžan, Belgia, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina, Bulgaria, Espanja, Georgia, Irlanti, Islanti, Iso-Britannia, Italia, Itävalta, Kazakstan, Kreikka, Kroatia, Kypros, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Liettua, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norja, Pohjois-Makedonia, Portugali, Puola, Ranska, Romania, Ruotsi, Saksa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suomi, Sveitsi, Tanska, Tšekki, Turkki, Ukraina, Unkari, Valko-Venäjä, Vatikaani, Venäjä, Viro (Category: fi:Countries in Europe)
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Malta f
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Malta n (proper noun, genitive Maltas or (optionally with an article) Malta)
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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- (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Armenien, Aserbaidschan, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Georgien, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Kasachstan, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechien, Türkei, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Zypern (Category: de:Countries in Europe)
Further reading edit
- “Malta” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
See also edit
- (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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Malta f
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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- (countries of Europe) paesi d'Europa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaigian, Belgio, Bielorussia, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Bulgaria, Cechia, Cipro, Città del Vaticano, Croazia, Danimarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Georgia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Kazakistan, Lettonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Macedonia del Nord, Malta, Moldavia, Monaco, Montenegro, Norvegia, Paesi Bassi, Polonia, Portogallo, Romania, Regno Unito, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Spagna, Svezia, Svizzera, Turchia, Ucraina, Ungheria (Category: it:Countries in Europe)
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.
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Malta f (4th declension)
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
- Maltas sala ― Malta island
- Maltas salā atrodas valsts galvaspilsēta ― the country's capital is located on the island of Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe) (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
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singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Malta | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Maltu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Maltas | — |
dative (datīvs) | Maltai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Maltu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Maltā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Malta | — |
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Málta f
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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- (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
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā) etc., from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē).
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Malta f
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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- For the sake of clarity and/or inclusiveness, the country as a whole may be referred to with terms such as Malta u Għawdex (“Malta and Gozo”), pajjiżna (“our country”), or il-gżejjer tagħna (“our islands”).
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Malta f
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Polish edit
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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Malta f (related adjective maltański)
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Etymology edit
From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.
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Malta f
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe; official name: República de Malta)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
Usage notes edit
Malta is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
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Malta ?
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Mȃlta f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑лта)
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Malta f (genitive singular Malty, declension pattern of žena)
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Further reading edit
- “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
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Mȃlta f
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Feminine, a-stem | ||
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nominative | Málta | |
genitive | Málte | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Málta | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Málti | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Málto |
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Further reading edit
- “Malta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.
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Malta f
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe; official name: República de Malta)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: Malta
Further reading edit
- “Malta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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Malta n (genitive Maltas)
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmalta/, [ˈmal.tɐ]
- Rhymes: -alta
- Syllabification: Mal‧ta
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Malta (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜆ)
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish مالطه (Malta), from Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician.
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | Malta | Maltalar |
genitive | Maltaning | Maltalarning |
dative | Maltaga | Maltalarga |
definite accusative | Maltani | Maltalarni |
locative | Maltada | Maltalarda |
ablative | Maltadan | Maltalardan |
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Malta
- Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
- Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)