Sqallija
Maltese
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic صِقِلِّيَّة (ṣiqilliyya). One of the very few geographical names from outside Malta that were inherited.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSqallija f
- Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)
- Synonym: Siċilja
Adjective
editSqallija f
Categories:
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 3-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Maltese/iːja
- Rhymes:Maltese/iːja/3 syllables
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese proper nouns
- Maltese feminine nouns
- mt:Sicily
- mt:Islands
- mt:Administrative regions of Italy
- mt:Places in Italy
- Maltese non-lemma forms
- Maltese adjective feminine forms