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Malta (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 35 55 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.9167 decimal degrees |
Long: 014 25 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises 3 islands in strategic location in Mediterranean; inhabited since 3800 BCE; ruled by Carthaginians (8th century BCE), Rome (until 395), Constantinople, Arabs (870) and Normans (1091); ceded to Hospitalers (Knights of St. John) in 1530; British by 1802; official languages are Maltese (a Semitic language of the Southern Central group) and English. |
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Malta (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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Malta (Malagasy)
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Malta (Maltese-P,U,N)
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Malta (Indonesian)
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Malta (Azerbaijani)
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Malta (Croatian)
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Malta (Bosnian)
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Malta (Latvian)
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Malta (Danish)
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Malta (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Malta (Finnish)
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Malta (Swedish)
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Malta (Polish)
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Malta (Portuguese)
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Malta (Romanian)
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Malta (Slovak)
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Malta (Slovene)
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Malta (Spanish-P,U,N)
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Malta (Catalan)
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Malta (Basque)
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Malta (Welsh)
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Malta (Hausa)
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Malta (German)
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Malta (Breton)
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Malta (Czech)
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Malta (Dutch)
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Malta (Afrikaans)
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Malta (Galician)
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Malta (Icelandic)
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Malta (Faroese)
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Malta (Italian-P,U,N)
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Malta (Lithuanian)
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Malta (Estonian)
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Malta (Greenlandic)
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Malta (Turkish)
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Malta (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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Malta (Romansh)
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Malta (Kikuyu)
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Malta (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Malta (North Ndebele)
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Malta (Shona)
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Malta (Swahili (generic))
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Repubblika ta'Malta (C,V,O,Maltese,U,N)
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Republic of Malta (C,V,English,U,N)
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Malta, Republic of (C,V,English,U,N)
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Maltese Islands (C,V)
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Malte (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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Malte (Fulah)
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République de Malte (C,O,French,U,N)
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República de Malta (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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Мальта (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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Мальта (Ukrainian)
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Мальта (Belarusian)
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Республика Мальта (C,O,Russian,U)
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马耳他 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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马耳他共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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ما طًة (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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جُهور ةً ما طًة (C,O,Arabic,U)
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MLT (C,O,ISO3L)
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MT (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO470 (C,O,ISO3N)
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Maltese (C,O,English,U,A)
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מלטה (C,U,Hebrew )
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i-Malta (C,U,Zulu)
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Insula Malta (C,U,Romanian)
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Isla de Malta (C,U,Spanish)
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Maalda (C,U,Somali)
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Malitɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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Malita (C,U,Rundi)
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Malita (Ganda (Ugandan language))
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Malita (Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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Malite (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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Málta (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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Málta (Irish Gaelic)
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Málta (Northern Sami)
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Mâlta (C,U,Sangho)
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Malta Island (C,U,English)
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Malta nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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Malta saar (C,U,Estonian)
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Maltë (C,U,Albanian)
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Malti (C,U,Bambara)
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Malto (C,U,Esperanto)
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Man-ta (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Mɔlta (C,U,Akan)
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Orílẹ́ède Malata (C,U,Yoruba)
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Pulau Malta (C,U,Indonesian)
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Repubblika ta’ Malta (C,U)
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State of Malta (C,U)
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Μάλτα (C,U,Greek)
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マルタ (C,U,Japanese)
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マルタ島 (C,U,Japanese)
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ማልታ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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ማልታ (Amharic)
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Մալթա (C,U,Armenian)
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ມັນຕາ (C,U,Lao)
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몰타 (C,U,Korean)
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مالت (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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Малта (C,U,Serbian)
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Малта (Macedonian)
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Малта (Bulgarian)
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มอลตา (C,U,Thai)
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माल्टा (C,U,Marathi)
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माल्टा (Hindi)
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माल्टा (Nepali)
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مالطة (C,U,Arabic)
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ម៉ាល់តា (C,U,Khmer)
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மால்டா (C,U,Tamil)
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მალტა (C,U,Georgian)
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ମାଲ୍ଟା (C,U,Odia)
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مالطا (C,U,Arabic)
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মাল্টা (C,U,Bengali)
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མལ་ཊ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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මෝල්ටාව (C,U,Sinhala)
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ماڵتا (C,U,Kurdish)
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مالٹا (C,U,Urdu)
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మాల్టా (C,U,Telugu)
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മാള്ട്ട (C,U,Malayalam)
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ಮಾಲ್ಟಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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માલ્ટા (C,U,Gujarati)
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Sovereign State of Malta (H,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Additional Parents: |
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Malta (nation) (P) |
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nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence from Britain on September 21, 1964 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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republic (C) |
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established in 1974 |
island nation (C) |
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municipium (H) |
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after coming under Roman control in 218 BC |
independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Valletta .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Malta, Valletta) [7005732] |
member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1964 |
member of .... |
European Union .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7030305] |
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since 2004 |
member of .... |
Euro Zone .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7033130] |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1964 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 653 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 664 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 390-391 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 559; 2:559 |
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Cassell's French Dictionary (1981) 308 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 744-745 |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2562770 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 17 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 781 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-) |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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Petit Robert II, Noms (1989) |
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Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 83 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-58 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 66 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 23 |
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USBGN Bulletin 19 (1999) 1 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 719 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 719 |
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Wikipedia (2000-) https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B0 |
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