Malta Definition

môltə
pronoun

A European country in the Mediterranean Sea. Official name: Republic of Malta.

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The largest island of the Maltese Archipelago.
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noun

A non-alcoholic carbonated malt beverage, popular in Latin America.

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Origin of Malta

  • Disputed; from a Phoenician root [script?] (mlá¹­), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (meli, melitos, “honey").

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  • From Spanish malta, in turn from German Malzbier

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Malta Sentence Examples

  • He was the son of a physician, and was educated at Malta Protestant college.

  • The principal resources of Malta are derived from its being an important military station and the headquarters of the Mediterranean fleet.

  • Impregnable Malta surrenders without a shot; his most reckless schemes are crowned with success.

  • The great interest in connexion with a dwarf West African race of elephant is in relation to the fossil pigmy elephants of the limestone fissures and caves of Malta and Cyprus.

  • Malta and Gozo are the only islands of the Mediterranean which can be associated with this section, and, per contra, the mountain chain of north-west Africa belongs to Eurasia.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAL

Words Ending With

ATALTA

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Malta

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