Malta

Malta

See also: malta, Málta, Maltā, mälta, and Maltą

English

Satellite image of Malta

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Malta or its source Maltese Malta, from Arabic مَالِطَا‎ (māliṭā), مَالِطَة‎ (māliṭa) (modern مَالْطَا‎ (mālṭā)), from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), which is disputed; from a Phoenician root 𐤌𐤋𐤈‎ (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μέλιτος (méli, mélitos, “honey”). More at Malta § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔːltə

Proper noun

Malta

1. A European country in the Mediterranean Sea. Official name: Republic of Malta
2. The largest island of the Maltese archipelago.
3. A small city, the county seat of Phillips County, Montana, United States.

Synonyms

• (country): Republic of Malta
• (island): Malta Island

Derived terms

• Maltese

Translations

republic

Acehnese: Malta Afrikaans: Malta Albanian: Maltë f (indefinite), Malta (sq) f Amharic: ማልታ (malta) Arabic: مَالْطَا‎ f (malṭā) Armenian: Մալթա (Maltʿa) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ‎ f (mīlēṭē) Asturian: Malta (ast) Azerbaijani: Malta (az) Bashkir: Мальта (Mal’ta) Basque: Malta (eu) Belarusian: Ма́льта f (Málʹta) Bengali: মাল্টা (bn) (malṭa) Breton: Malta Bulgarian: Ма́лта (bg) f (Málta) Burmese: မော်လတာ (maula.ta) Catalan: Malta (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 馬耳他／马耳他 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrtā), 馬爾他／马尔他 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrtā) Crimean Tatar: Malta Czech: Malta (cs) f Danish: Malta (da) Dutch: Malta (nl) Esperanto: Malto (eo) Estonian: Malta (et) Faroese: Malta n Finnish: Malta (fi) French: Malte (fr) Friulian: Malte f Galician: Malta (gl) f Georgian: მალტა (malṭa) German: Malta (de) Greek: Μάλτα (el) f (Málta) Ancient: please add this translation if you can Hausa: Malta Hebrew: מַלְטָה‎ (he) f (malta) Hindi: माल्टा (hi) (mālṭā) Hungarian: Málta (hu) Icelandic: Malta (is) f Igbo: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: Malta (id) Irish: Málta f Italian: Malta (it) f Japanese: マルタ (ja) (Maruta) Kalenjin: Malta Kamba: Malta Kazakh: Мальта (Malta) Khmer: ម៉ាល់តា (maltaa) Kikuyu: Malta Korean: 몰타 (ko) (Molta), 말따 (ko) (Maltta) (North Korea) Kyrgyz: Мальта (Malʹta) Ladin: please add this translation if you can Ladino: please add this translation if you can Lao: ມານ (mān), ປະເທດມານ (pa thēt mān) Latin: Melita (la) Latvian: Malta f Lithuanian: Malta (lt) f Luhya: Malta Luo: Malta Luxembourgish: Malta n Macedonian: Малта (mk) f (Malta) Malay: Malta Maltese: Malta (mt) Maori: Merita Marathi: माल्टा (mālṭā) Meru: Malta Mongolian: Мальт (Malʹt) Norman: Malte f Northern Sami: Malta Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: Malta (no) Norwegian Nynorsk: Malta (nn) Occitan: Malta (oc) f Persian: مالت‎ (fa) (mâlt) Polish: Malta (pl) f Portuguese: Malta (pt) f Romanian: Malta (ro) f Russian: Ма́льта (ru) f (Málʹta) Scots: Maltae Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Малта f Roman: Malta (sh) f Silesian: Malta f Sinhalese: මෝල්ටාව (mōlṭāwa) Slovak: Malta f Slovene: Málta (sl) f Spanish: Malta (es) f Swahili: Malta (sw) Swedish: Malta (sv) n Tagalog: Malta Tajik: Малта (Malta) Thai: มอลตา (th) (mɔl-dtâa) Tigrinya: ማልታ (malta) Turkish: Malta (tr) Turkmen: Malta Ukrainian: Ма́льта (uk) f (Málʹta) Urdu: مالٹا‎ (mālṭā) Uzbek: Malta (uz) Veps: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: Man-ta Volapük: Malteän (vo) Votic: please add this translation if you can Võro: please add this translation if you can Yiddish: מאַלטאַ‎ (malta) Yoruba: Malata

island

Arabic: مَالْطَا‎ f (malṭā) Armenian: Մալթա (Maltʿa) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ‎ f (mīlēṭē) Asturian: Malta (ast) Basque: Malta (eu) Breton: Malta Catalan: Malta (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 馬耳他島／马耳他岛 (Mǎ'ěrtā dǎo) Czech: Malta (cs) f Danish: Malta (da) Dutch: Malta (nl) Esperanto: Malto (eo) Estonian: Malta (et) Faroese: Malta f Finnish: Malta (fi) French: Malte (fr) Galician: Malta (gl) Georgian: მალტა (malṭa) German: Malta (de) Greek: Μάλτα (el) f (Málta) Ancient: Μελίτη f (Melítē) Hebrew: מַלְטָה‎ (he) f (malta) Hindi: माल्टा (hi) (mālṭā) Hungarian: Málta (hu) Italian: Malta (it) f Japanese: マルタ (ja) (Maruta), マルタ島 (マルタとう, Maruta tō) Korean: 몰타 (ko) (Molta), 몰타섬 (moltaseom) Latin: Melita (la), Melitē f Latvian: Malta f, Maltas sala f Luxembourgish: Malta n Macedonian: Малта (mk) f (Malta) Maltese: Malta (mt) Marathi: माल्टा (mālṭā) Norman: Malte f Northern Sami: Malta Norwegian: Bokmål: Malta (no) Nynorsk: Malta (nn) Ottoman Turkish: مالطه‎ (malte) Persian: مالت‎ (fa) (mâlt) Polish: Malta (pl) f Portuguese: Malta (pt) f Romanian: Malta (ro) f Russian: Ма́льта (ru) f (Málʹta) Scots: Maltae Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Малта f Roman: Malta (sh) f Sicilian: Malta (scn) f, Marta f Silesian: Malta f Slovak: Malta f Slovene: Malta (sl) f Spanish: Malta (es) f Swedish: Malta (sv) n Thai: มอลตา (th) (mɔl-dtâa) Turkish: Malta (tr) Urdu: مالٹا‎ (mālṭā)

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Translations to be checked

Ido: ⦃⦃t+¦io¦Malta¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦⦄⦄

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Countries of the world
• Malta Island

Anagrams

• talma, tamal

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Acehnese

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

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Asturian

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malta/, [mal̪.t̪a]

Proper noun

Malta inan

1. Malta

Declension

Declension of Malta (inanimate, ending in -a)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	Malta	—	—
ergative	Maltak	—	—
dative	Maltari	—	—
genitive	Maltaren	—	—
comitative	Maltarekin	—	—
causative	Maltarengatik	—	—
benefactive	Maltarentzat	—	—
instrumental	Maltaz	—	—
inessive	Maltan	—	—
locative	Maltako	—	—
allative	Maltara	—	—
terminative	Maltaraino	—	—
directive	Maltarantz	—	—
destinative	Maltarako	—	—
ablative	Maltatik	—	—
partitive	Maltarik	—	—
prolative	Maltatzat	—	—

Related terms

• maltera
• maltar

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ta/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltès

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta (a country in Europe)

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalta]

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltský
• maltština
• Malťan

Further reading

• Malta in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Malta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), which is disputed; from a Phoenician root 𐤌𐤋𐤈‎ (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”). More at Malta.

The name of the neighbourhood is first attested as Maltha in 1641. It was named after the island in honour of the Battle of Malta of 1565.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑl.taː/

• audio

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• Hyphenation: Mal‧ta

Proper noun

Malta n

1. Malta
2. A neighbourhood of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherlands.

References

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

Anagrams

• maalt

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Estonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑltɑ/

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta (country)
2. Malta (island)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	Malta	Maltad
accusative	Malta	Maltad
genitive	Malta	Maltade
partitive	Maltat	Maltasid
illative	Malta Maltasse	Maltadesse
inessive	Maltas	Maltades
elative	Maltast	Maltadest
allative	Maltale	Maltadele
adessive	Maltal	Maltadel
ablative	Maltalt	Maltadelt
translative	Maltaks	Maltadeks
terminative	Maltani	Maltadeni
essive	Maltana	Maltadena
abessive	Maltata	Maltadeta
comitative	Maltaga	Maltadega

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Finnish

Etymology

From Italian Malta.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Declension

Inflection of Malta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Malta	—
genitive		Maltan	—
partitive		Maltaa	—
illative		Maltaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Malta	—
accusative	nom.	Malta	—
	gen.	Maltan
genitive		Maltan	—
partitive		Maltaa	—
inessive		Maltassa	—
elative		Maltasta	—
illative		Maltaan	—
adessive		Maltalla	—
ablative		Maltalta	—
allative		Maltalle	—
essive		Maltana	—
translative		Maltaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Maltatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Malta (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Maltani	Maltamme
2nd person	Maltasi	Maltanne
3rd person	Maltansa

Derived terms

• malta
• maltalainen
• maltankoira
• maltanristi

Anagrams

• lamat, malat

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Gagauz

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta (an island and country in Europe)

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Galician

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltés

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

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

1. Malta (an island and country in Southern Europe)

Derived terms

• maltesisch
• Malteser
• Maltese

Further reading

• “Malta” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Derived terms

• maltese

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Latvian

Malta (Eiropā)

Maltas karogs

Maltas, Goco un Komino salas

Etymology

The origin of this word is disputed. It may come from a Phoenician root 𐤌𐤋𐤈‎ (mlṭ), meaning “refuge”, or from the Ancient Greek word μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Malta f (4th declension)

1. Malta (island in the Mediterranean, the largest of the islands that form the country of Malta)

   Maltas sala ― Malta island

   Maltas salā atrodas valsts galvaspilsēta ― the country's capital is located on the island of Malta

2. Malta (country in the Mediterranean, comprising several islands — Malta, Gozo, Comino — with Valletta as its capital)

   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

Declension

Declension of Malta (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Malta	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Maltu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Maltas	—
dative (datīvs)	Maltai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Maltu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Maltā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Malta	—

Synonyms

• Maltas Republika

Related terms

• maltietis, maltiete
• maltisks
• maltiešu valoda

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Lithuanian

Proper noun

Málta f

1. Malta

Declension

    declension of Malta

nominative	Malta
genitive	Maltos
dative	Maltai
accusative	Maltą
instrumental	Malta
locative	Maltoje
vocative	Malta

Synonyms

• Máltos Respùblika

Related terms

• maltietis m, maltietė f

See also

• (countries of Europe) Europos šalis; Airija, Albanija, Andora, Armėnija, Austrija, Azerbaidžanas, Baltarusija, Belgija, Bosnija ir Hercegovina, Bulgarija, Čekija, Danija, Estija, Graikija, Gruzija, Gudija, Islandija, Ispanija, Italija, Jungtinė Karalystė, Juodkalnija, Kazachstanas, Kipras, Kroatija, Latvija, Lenkija, Lichtenšteinas, Lietuva, Liuksemburgas, Makedonija, Malta, Moldavija, Monakas, Nyderlandai, Norvegija, Portugalija, Prancūzija, Rumunija, Rusija, San Marinas, Serbija, Slovakija, Slovėnija, Suomija, Švedija, Šveicarija, Turkija, Ukraina, Vatikanas, Vengrija, Vokietija

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Maltese

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic مَالِطَا‎ (māliṭā), مَالِطَة‎ (māliṭa) (modern مَالْطَا‎ (mālṭā)), from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːl.ta/

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta (a country in Europe)
2. Malta (an island in Europe)

Derived terms

• Malti

Descendants

• → English: Malta
• → Italian: Malta

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Related terms

• malteser
• maltesisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltesar
• maltesisk

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Occitan

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltés

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmal.ta/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: Mal‧ta

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta (an island and country in Southern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Malta

	singular
nominative	Malta
genitive	Malty
dative	Malcie
accusative	Maltę
instrumental	Maltą
locative	Malcie
vocative	Malto

Derived terms

adjective

• maltański

 

nouns

• Maltanka
• Maltańczyk

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Melite, which is disputed; from a Phoenician root 𐤌𐤋𐤈‎ (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”). More at Malta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaw.tɐ/ [ˈmaʊ̯.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaw.tɐ/ [ˈmaʊ̯.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaw.ta/ [ˈmaʊ̯.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmal.tɐ/ [ˈmaɫ.tɐ]

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

Proper noun

Malta f

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

Usage notes

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

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Sardinian

Proper noun

Malta ?

1. Malta (a country in Europe)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mȃlta f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑лта)

1. Malta

Declension

Declension of Malta

	singular
nominative	Malta
genitive	Malte
dative	Malti
accusative	Maltu
vocative	Malto
locative	Malti
instrumental	Maltom

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalta]

Proper noun

Malta f (genitive singular Malty, declension pattern of žena)

1. Malta (an island and country in Europe)

Declension

Declension of Malta

	singulare tantum
nominative	Malta
genitive	Malty
dative	Malte
accusative	Maltu
locative	Malte
instrumental	Maltou

Derived terms

• maltézsky rád
• maltský
• Malťan
• Malťanka

Further reading

• Malta in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /máːlta/

Proper noun

Mȃlta f

1. Malta

Inflection

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

Related terms

• Maltežȁn / Maltežȃnka
• maltẹ̑ški
• maltẹ̑ščina

Further reading

• “Malta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Melite, which is disputed; from a Phoenician root 𐤌𐤋𐤈‎ (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”). More at Malta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/ [ˈmal̪.t̪a]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: Mal‧ta

Proper noun

Malta f

1. Malta

   Synonym: República de Malta

Derived terms

• fiebre de Malta

Related terms

• maltés/maltesa

Further reading

• “Malta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Proper noun

Malta n (genitive Maltas)

1. Malta

Related terms

• maltes
• maltesare
• maltesisk
• maltesiska

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Malta (“Malta”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalta/, [ˈmal.tɐ]

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مالطه‎ (Malta).

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Derived terms

• Maltalı

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Turkmen

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

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Uzbek

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta

Declension

Declension of Malta

	singular	plural
nominative	Malta	Maltalar
genitive	Maltaning	Maltalarning
dative	Maltaga	Maltalarga
definite accusative	Maltani	Maltalarni
locative	Maltada	Maltalarda
ablative	Maltadan	Maltalardan

Possessive forms of Malta

my	singular	plural
nominative	Maltam	Maltalarim
genitive	Maltamning	Maltalarimning
dative	Maltamga	Maltalarimga
definite accusative	Maltamni	Maltalarimni
locative	Maltamda	Maltalarimda
ablative	Maltamdan	Maltalarimdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	Maltang	Maltalaring
genitive	Maltangning	Maltalaringning
dative	Maltangga	Maltalaringga
definite accusative	Maltangni	Maltalaringni
locative	Maltangda	Maltalaringda
ablative	Maltangdan	Maltalaringdan
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	Maltasi	Maltalari
genitive	Maltasining	Maltalarining
dative	Maltasiga	Maltalariga
definite accusative	Maltasini	Maltalarini
locative	Maltasida	Maltalarida
ablative	Maltasidan	Maltalaridan
our	singular	plural
nominative	Maltamiz	Maltalarimiz
genitive	Maltamizning	Maltalarimizning
dative	Maltamizga	Maltalarimizga
definite accusative	Maltamizni	Maltalarimizni
locative	Maltamizda	Maltalarimizda
ablative	Maltamizdan	Maltalarimizdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	Maltangiz	Maltalaringiz
genitive	Maltangizning	Maltalaringizning
dative	Maltangizga	Maltalaringizga
definite accusative	Maltangizni	Maltalaringizni
locative	Maltangizda	Maltalaringizda
ablative	Maltangizdan	Maltalaringizdan
their	singular	plural
nominative	Maltasi	Maltalari
genitive	Maltasining	Maltalarining
dative	Maltasiga	Maltalariga
definite accusative	Maltasini	Maltalarini
locative	Maltasida	Maltalarida
ablative	Maltasidan	Maltalaridan

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West Frisian

Proper noun

Malta

1. Malta