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malta

/ˈmɒl.tə//ˈmɑl.tə/

malta noun: a non-alcoholic carbonated malt beverage, popular in Latin America.

malta: a non-alcoholic carbonated malt beverage, popular in Latin America
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Noun

malta (uncountable)

  1. A non-alcoholic carbonated malt beverage, popular in Latin America.
    • I toasted him with my glass of malta.2016, Marion E. Currier, Linked

Proper noun capitalized: Malta

Malta

  1. An archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea. Official name: Republic of Malta. Capital: Valletta.
    • Over the following decades, the EEC became the European Union, and expanded from the original six nations to today’s 27 members, from Finland in the north to Malta in the south.2012 September 6, Bryony Jones, “Why is unity so important to Europe?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2016
    • And so far just two member states, Malta and Finland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations.2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2018
  2. The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago.
  3. A small city, the county seat of Phillips County, Montana, United States.
  4. A town and hamlet therein, in Saratoga County, New York, United States.

malta meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

malta in Hindi

माल्टा, मल्टा, मालता

malta in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

malta in Marathi

माल्टा, मल्टा

malta in Urdu

مالٹا, مالتا
More languagesFewer languages
malta in Bengali
মালটা
malta in Telugu
మాల్టా, మాల్తా, మాల్ట
malta in Malayalam
മാൾട്ട, മാൾട്ടാ
malta in Kannada
ಮಾಲ್ಟ
malta in Punjabi
ਮਾਲਟਾ, ਮਲਟਾ, ਮਾਲਤਾ
malta in Gujarati
માલ્ટા, મલ્ટા
malta in Odia
ମାଲ୍ଟା, ମାଲଟା
malta in Nepali
माल्टा, माल्ता, मल्टा

Synonyms of malta

Origin of malta

From Spanish malta, in turn from German Malzbier.

Borrowed from Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā), from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), apparently from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + -η (-ē, “-a: forming feminine place names”) although its use for the island of Malta is considered uncertain. Some scholars consider it to represent the importance of the islands' indigenous bees and their output. Others consider it a transcription of Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ, “Grand Harbor, Cospicua”), from 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ, “refuge, port”), reapplied first to the island and then, after the Punic Wars, to its Roman seat of government at Mdina. Note however that Latin Malta is already attested in some medieval manuscripts of the Antonine Itinerary. See Wikipedia's articles on Melite and Malta. Doublet of Meleda and Mljet.

Words formed from malta

Phrases with malta

Questions about malta

What does malta mean?
Malta means a non-alcoholic carbonated malt beverage, popular in Latin America.
What is malta in Hindi?
Malta in Hindi is माल्टा, मल्टा, मालता. See Malta meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is malta?
Malta can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce malta?
Malta is pronounced /ˈmɒl.tə/ (UK).

Words near malta in the dictionary

  1. malt whisky
  2. malt-forward
  3. malt-kiln
  4. malt-kilns
  5. malt-o-meal
  6. malta
  7. Malta fever
  8. Malta Island
  9. maltable
  10. Maltais
  11. maltalent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: malta (page history and authors); Malta (page history and authors); malta (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Malta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malta (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malta (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malta (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malta (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malta (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Malta (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malta (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malta (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malta (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malta (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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