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Malta.

Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈmɑl.taː/
  1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)

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  2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

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  3. a neighbourhood of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherlands

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Where this word comes from

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v. The neighbourhood was named after the 1565 Great Siege of Malta, first attested in the form Maltha in 1641.

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