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Malta

/ˈmalta/

proper noun/ˈmalta/

Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea; official name: República de Malta); Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Related: fiebre de Malta

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.