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Malta (môl′tə)

  1. country on a group of islands in the Mediterranean, south of Sicily: a former British colony, it became independent & a member of the Commonwealth (1964): 122 sq mi (316 sq km); pop. 376,000; cap. Valletta
  2. main island of this group: 95 sq mi (246 sq km)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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