Malta meaning

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An island country in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily, comprising the island of Malta and two smaller islands. Occupied successively by Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Saracens, and Normans, Malta was granted to the Knights Hospitalers in 1530 and passed to France in 1798 and Great Britain in 1800. The country became independent in 1964. Valletta, on Malta Island, is the capital.
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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); cap. Valletta.
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Main island of this group: 95 sq mi (246 sq km)
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A non-alcoholic carbonated malt beverage, popular in Latin America.
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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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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

  • 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.

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

  • 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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