Malta

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒl.tə/, /ˈmɔːl.tə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑl.tə/, /ˈmɔl.tə/

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• Rhymes: -ɒltə, -ɔːltə
• Homophone: malter (non-rhotic)

Malta

2. An archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea. Official name: Republic of Malta. Capital: Valletta.

   Synonym: Maltese Archipelago (archipelago)

   • 2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     And so far just two member states, Malta and Finland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations.

4. The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago.

   Synonyms: Malta Island; Melita, Melite (historical)

6. A small city, the county seat of Phillips County, Montana, United States.

• Countries of the world
• Malta Island

• talma, tamal

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea; capital: Valletta)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago; capital: Valletta)

• Maltees
• Malteser
• Maltesiër
• Maltesies

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/ [ˈmal̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: Mal‧ta

Malta f

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• IPA^(key): /malta/ [mal̪.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -alta, -a
• Hyphenation: Mal‧ta

Malta inan

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• “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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmal.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmal.ta]

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Malta f

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltès

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

From English Malta, from Maltese Malta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaltə/

Malta m

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalta]

Malta f (relational adjective maltský, demonym Malťan)

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• “Malta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Malta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Malta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑl.taː/

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• Hyphenation: Mal‧ta

Malta n (adjective Maltees, demonym Maltees m or Maltezer m or Maltese f)

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
3. a neighbourhood of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “malta”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[2] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• maalt

From Maltese Malta, q.v.

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

Malta (genitive Malta, partitive Maltat)

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Declension of Malta (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		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	—

• Malta in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “Malta”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

From Italian Malta.

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

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• lamat, malat

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

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Malta f

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltés

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

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltesisch
• Malteser
• Maltese

• “Malta” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

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

Malta f

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltese

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmaɫ.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmal̪.t̪a]

Malta

1. (New Latin) synonym of Melita

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)

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

   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

2. 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

• Maltas Republika

• maltietis, maltiete
• maltisks
• maltiešu valoda

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑˑltɐ]
• Hyphenation: Mal‧ta

Málta f (uncountable, relational adjective maltiẽtiškas, demonym maltiẽtis, female demonym maltiẽtė) stress pattern 1

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea; official name: Máltos Respùblika)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• “Malta”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• “Malta” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)

From Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā) etc., from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːl.ta/

Malta f

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• 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”).

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• malteser
• maltesisk

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltesar
• maltesisk

Malta f

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltés

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ta/

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• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: Mal‧ta

Malta f (related adjective maltański)

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

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

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.

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

Malta f (plural Maltas)

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea; official name: República de Malta / República da Malta)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ta/

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Malta f

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Malta ?

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

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

Mȃlta f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑лта)

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalta]

Malta f (genitive singular Malty, declension pattern of žena, relational adjective maltský, demonym Malťan, female demonym Malťanka)

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltézsky rád

• “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, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /máːlta/

Mȃlta f

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

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

• Maltežȁn / Maltežȃnka
• maltẹ̑ški
• maltẹ̑ščina

• “Malta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Malta”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/ [ˈmal̪.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: Mal‧ta

Malta f

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea; official name: República de Malta)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltés/maltesa

• → Tagalog: Malta

• “Malta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• IPA^(key): /²malta/

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Malta n (genitive Maltas)

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• maltes
• maltesare
• maltesisk
• maltesiska

• Malta in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Borrowed from Spanish Malta, q.v.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/ [ˈmal.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: Mal‧ta

Malta (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜆ)

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• lamat

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

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

• Maltalı

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Malta f

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

• Maltaidd (“Maltan”, adjective)
• Maltiad (“Maltan person”)

Malta

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)