Iraq

Internationalism, ultimately from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq). The pronunciation with /ʔ/ is probably spelling-based, but perhaps reinforced by a learned understanding that the Arabic ق (q) corresponds to Maltese q.

Repubblika tal-Iraq
Repubblika tal-Iraq#Maltese

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Repubblika tal-Iraq)


Andorra

Prinċipat ta’ Andorra
Prinċipat ta' Andorra#Maltese

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France; official name: Prinċipat ta’ Andorra)


Iran

Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Iran
Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Iran#Maltese

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Iran)


Malta

→ English: Malta

French: Malte

Irish: Málta

→ Italian: Malta

→ Portuguese: Malta

→ Spanish: Malta
→ Tagalog: Malta

From Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā) etc., from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē).

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Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā)

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Oman

Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Saltna tal-Oman)


Pakistan

Pakistan (a country in South Asia; official name: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Pakistan)


Qatar

Qatar (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Stat tal-Qatar)


Sudan

Repubblika tas-Sudan
Repubblika tas-Sudan#Maltese

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa; official name: Repubblika tas-Sudan)


Singapore

Repubblika ta’ Singapore
Repubblika ta' Singapore#Maltese

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony; official name: Repubblika ta’ Singapore)


Chad

Repubblika taċ-Chad
Repubblika taċ-Chad#Maltese

Chad (a country in Central Africa; official name: Repubblika taċ-Chad)


Belarus

Synonym of Belarussja: Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)


Afganistan

Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; official name: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Afganistan)


Amerika

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Albanija

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Repubblika tal-Albanija
Repubblika tal-Albanija#Maltese

Albania (a country in Southeast Europe; official name: Repubblika tal-Albanija)


Jemen

Repubblika tal-Jemen
Repubblika tal-Jemen#Maltese

Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Repubblika tal-Jemen)


Kosovo

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Perù

Repubblika tal-Perù
Repubblika tal-Perù#Maltese

Peru (a country in South America; official name: Repubblika tal-Perù)


Russja

Federazzjoni Russa
Federazzjoni Russa#Maltese

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia; official name: Federazzjoni Russa)


Bulgarija

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Spanja

Renju ta’ Spanja
Renju ta' Spanja#Maltese

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula; official name: Renju ta’ Spanja)


Stati Uniti

L-Istati Uniti (canonical masculine plural)

Borrowed from Italian Stati Uniti, from English United States.

United States (a country in North America)


Danimarka

Denmark (a country in Europe, the metropole of the sovereign nation of the same name)


Ġappun

Internationalism. Compare Italian Giappone.

Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia)


Ġamajka

Internationalism, from Italian Giamaica.

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Lussemburgu

Internationalism, from Italian Lussemburgo.

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Awstralja

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Ingilterra

Internationalism, from Italian Inghilterra.

England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom in Europe)


Ukrajna

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


Irlanda ta' Fuq

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

Northern Ireland (a country in northwestern Europe, a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


Urugwaj

Uruguay (a country in South America; official name: Repubblika Orjentali tal-Urugwaj)


Portugall

Repubblika Portugiża
Repubblika Portugiża#Maltese

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula; official name: Repubblika Portugiża)


Armenja

Repubblika tal-Armenja
Repubblika tal-Armenja#Maltese

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe; official name: Repubblika tal-Armenja)


Baħamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Italja

Borrowed from Italian Italia, from Latin Italia.


mt-proper noun

Ir-Renju Unit tal-Gran Brittanja u l-Irlanda ta' Fuq

Ir-Renju Unit tal-Gran Brittanja u l-Irlanda ta’ Fuq m

/ɪrˈrɛn.ju wuˈniːt talˈɡram brɪtˈtan.ja‿w lɪrˈlan.da taˈfuːʔ/

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland#English

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a country in Europe)


Gran Brittanja

Ir-Renju Unit tal-Gran Brittanja u l-Irlanda ta’ Fuq


Awstrija

Repubblika tal-Awstrija
Repubblika tal-Awstrija#Maltese

Austria (a country in Central Europe; official name: Repubblika tal-Awstrija)


Ażerbajġan

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


Ċipru

Borrowed from Sicilian Cipru and/or Italian Cipro.

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Ġermanja

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany; official name: Repubblika Federali tal-Ġermanja)


Indja

Repubblika tal-Indja
Repubblika tal-Indja#Maltese

India (a country in South Asia; official name: Repubblika tal-Indja)


Serbja

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Slovenja

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Polonja

Repubblika tal-Polonja
Repubblika tal-Polonja#Maltese

Poland (a country in Central Europe; official name: Repubblika tal-Polonja)


Kroazja

Repubblika tal-Kroazja
Repubblika tal-Kroazja#Maltese

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe; official name: Repubblika tal-Kroazja)


Belġju

Renju tal-Belġju
Renju tal-Belġju#English

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France; official name: Renju tal-Belġju)


Marokk

Borrowed from Italian Marocco, from Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš), probably from Berber; compare Moroccan Amazigh ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ (amur n akuc, literally “Land of God”).

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Renju tal-Marokk
Renju tal-Marokk#Maltese

Morocco (a country in North Africa; official name: Renju tal-Marokk)


Vjetnam

Vietnam (a country in Southeast Asia; official name: Repubblika Soċjalista tal-Vjetnam)


Greċja

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Filippini

Repubblika tal-Filippini
Repubblika tal-Filippini#Maltese

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia; official name: Repubblika tal-Filippini)


Masar

(obsolete) Synonym of Eġittu: Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Iżlanda

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (a country in the North Atlantic Ocean, Europe)


Żvizzera

Borrowed from Italian Svizzera, from Early New High German.

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Brażil

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Magħreb

From Arabic الْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib). The sense “North Africa” is likely not inherited, but a semantic loan from Italian Magreb, English Maghreb, themselves borrowed from the Arabic. Doublet of Magreb (Romance-based).

(purist) Morocco (a country in North Africa)


Eġittu

Borrowed from Italian Egitto, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos).

Repubblika Għarbija tal-Eġittu
Repubblika Għarbija tal-Eġittu#English

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia; official name: Repubblika Għarbija tal-Eġittu)


Baħrejn

Calque of Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn). By surface analysis, baħar (“sea”) + -ejn (dual suffix), literally “two seas”.

calque

الْبَحْرَيْن

surf

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


Afrika t'Isfel

Repubblika tal-Afrika t’Isfel
Repubblika tal-Afrika t'Isfel#Maltese

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Repubblika tal-Afrika t’Isfel)


Alġerija

Repubblika Demokratika tal-Poplu tal-Alġerija#English

Algeria (a country in North Africa; official name: Repubblika Demokratika tal-Poplu tal-Alġerija)


Żvezja

Renju tal-Iżvezja
Renju tal-Iżvezja#Maltese

Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Europe; official name: Renju tal-Iżvezja)


Żimbabwe

Repubblika taż-Żimbabwe
Repubblika taż-Żimbabwe#Maltese

Zimbabwe (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Repubblika taż-Żimbabwe)


Żambja

Repubblika taż-Żambja
Repubblika taż-Żambja#Maltese

Zambia (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Repubblika taż-Żambja)


Venezwela

Venezuela (a country in South America; official name: Repubblika Bolivarjana tal-Venezwela)


Sudan t'Isfel

Repubblika tas-Sudan t’Isfel
Repubblika tas-Sudan t'Isfel#Maltese

South Sudan (a country in East Africa, formerly the southern part of Sudan; official name: Repubblika tas-Sudan t’Isfel)


Maċedonja ta' Fuq

Il-Maċedonja ta’ Fuq (canonical feminine)

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Repubblika tal-Maċedonja ta' Fuq#Maltese

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe; official name: Repubblika tal-Maċedonja ta’ Fuq)


Tuneżija

Repubblika tat-Tuneżija
Repubblika tat-Tuneżija#Maltese

Tunisia (a country in North Africa; official name: Repubblika tat-Tuneżija)


Libja

Libya (a country in North Africa; official name: Stat tal-Libja)


Użbekistan

Repubblika tal-Użbekistan
Repubblika tal-Użbekistan#Maltese

Uzbekistan (a country in Central Asia; official name: Repubblika tal-Użbekistan)


Norveġja

Renju tan-Norveġja
Renju tan-Norveġja#Maltese

Norway (a country in Scandinavia, in northern Europe; official name: Renju tan-Norveġja)


Repubblika Ċentru-Afrikana

Ir-Repubblika Ċentru-Afrikana (canonical feminine)

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Repubblika Demokratika tal-Kongo

Ir-Repubblika Demokratika tal-Kongo (canonical feminine)

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Repubblika Dominicana

Ir-Repubblika Dominicana (canonical feminine)

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English:_Q786

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Emirati Għarab Magħquda

L-Emirati Għarab Magħquda (canonical plural)

LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-Emirati Għarab Magħquda.wav

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Kuwajt

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Stat tal-Kuwajt)


Ġordan

Renju Ħaxemita tal-Ġordan
Renju Ħaxemita tal-Ġordan#Maltese

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Renju Ħaxemita tal-Ġordan)


Arabja Sawdija

Renju tal-Arabja Sawdija
Renju tal-Arabja Sawdija#Maltese

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Renju tal-Arabja Sawdija)


Namibja

Repubblika tan-Namibja
Repubblika tan-Namibja#Maltese

Namibia (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Repubblika tan-Namibja)