Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A country on the island of Malta.
- noun An island south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea.
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- proper noun A European
country in theMediterranean Sea . Official name:Republic of Malta . - proper noun The largest island of the Maltese Archipelago.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea
- noun a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the 22nd November he reached Malta, where he looked eagerly at the antiquities of the place, for he still hoped to write a novel -- and, indeed, actually wrote one at Naples, which was never published, called _The Siege of Malta_ -- on the subject of the Knights of Malta, who had interested him so much in his youth.
Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) Richard Holt Hutton 1861
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In his very last days, when he was visiting Italy for the first time, Scott delighted in Malta, for it recalled to him Vertot's _Knights of Malta_, and much, other mediæval story which he had pored over in his youth.
Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) Richard Holt Hutton 1861
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MALTA - The renovation and addition projects that the Kishwaukee College Board of Trustees wants to make to the school's Malta campus may cost less than expected, administrators said
News 2010
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MALTA - Here is the new name of the company planning a $4.2 billion computer chip factory in Malta: GlobalFoundries.
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I guess this sort of thing happened to us not just in malta but in most other ports, so really as we say in England: Those were the days gone by, and are no more and the above story just brought back memories, some happy memories of Malta and others well not so happy, thats life i suppose, i was much younger then to-day & single.
timesofmalta.com 2009
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I guess this sort of thing happened to us not just in malta but in most other ports, so really as we say in England: Those were the days gone by, and are no more and the above story just brought back memories, some happy memories of Malta and others well not so happy, thats life i suppose, i was much younger then to-day & single.
timesofmalta.com 2009
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This is a very exciting thing for me to see, the Schola Cantorum Jubilate in Malta, which is a youth choir that sings for liturgical services.
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The knights gradually settled in Malta following their progressive retreat from Jerusalem to Acre, Cyprus, and then Rhodes.
Malta's Sun-Kissed 'Silent City' Javier Espinoza 2010
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He was knighted in Malta in 2009 by the Knights Hospitallers of the
Kingsley Fletcher 2010
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One of our readers in Malta sent in some liturgical and architectural photos recently, which show, amongst other things, the "Benedictine Arrangement" in use.
More from Malta 2009
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