Malta
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- proper noun
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Malta
- In 1539, these crusading Knights... persuaded Emperor Charles V to give them the Island of Malta.
- Knights of Malta
- Malta fever
I was in Malta in Gozo.
- I was in Malta in Gozo.
- I just come back from Malta filming a crime thriller set in Malta, right.
- And Paul, Paul was going to Malta, where he'd they'd arranged to go every year or whatever.
- Some of them come from all over the world, you know, Malta, Finland.
- I loved him, and not just because he's from Malta and he's got a lot of hair.
- It was blog Blogger woman who have been killed in Malta.
Examples
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A young scholar searches for the meaning of Malta's ancient temples.
Academic text (2004) -
He's in Malta now.
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"Not only were there no mountains on Malta, but the highest point was only about eight hundred feet.
Fiction book (2000) -
And then from Malta, we went to Venice.
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I was in Malta in Gozo.
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We flew into Malta, we went to Italy, we went to Spain and Portugal.
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Alan Rayer from the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
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Painters of talent in late sixteenth-century Malta were few and far between, and they were thus greatly prized.
Academic text (2012) -
Likewise, the updated national curricula in countries such as Malta, New Zealand, Ireland, Finland, and the UK accommodate 21st-century literacy skills.
Academic text (2018) -
The picturesque island of Malta attracts tourists with its stunning coastlines and historic architecture.
Synonyms
An island country in the Mediterranean Sea
Compounds
- Archaic
A disease people get from animals or raw milk that causes fever and flu-like symptoms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Malta comes from an old name, Melita, and one popular idea links that to the Greek word meli, meaning 'honey'. A helpful way to remember the island's name is to imagine it as 'honey-sweet' or rich in honey, and so the same name stuck for the island we call Malta today.