"Malta" meaning in Dutch

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈmɑl.taː/ Audio: Nl-Malta.ogg Forms: Maltees [adjective], Maltees [demonym, masculine], Maltezer [demonym, masculine], Maltese [demonym, feminine]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|it|-}} Italian, {{bor|nl|mt|Malta}} Maltese Malta, {{der|nl|ar|-}} Arabic, {{der|nl|la|Melita}} Latin Melita, {{der|nl|grc|Μελίτη}} Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), {{der|nl|phn|𐤌𐤋𐤈}} Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ) Head templates: {{nl-proper noun|n|adj=Maltees|fdem=Maltese|mdem=Maltees,Maltezer}} Malta n (adjective Maltees, demonym Maltees m or Maltezer m or Maltese f)
  1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea) Tags: neuter Categories (place): Countries in Europe
    Sense id: en-Malta-nl-name-SAujUx5X Categories (other): Islands, Malta
  2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago) Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-Malta-nl-name-L6kq9LRy Categories (other): Islands, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 34 47 20
  3. a neighbourhood of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherlands Tags: neuter Categories (place): Places in Zeeland, Netherlands, Places in the Netherlands
    Sense id: en-Malta-nl-name-rjEU9D4V Categories (other): Neighbourhoods in Zeeland, Netherlands
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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