malta

Noun malta has 2 senses

• malta(n = noun.location) republic of malta - a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964;
is a kind of country, land, state
is a part of malta
has parts: capital of malta, valetta, valletta

• malta(n = noun.location) - a strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea;
has parts: malta, republic of malta
is a kind of island
is a part of mediterranean, mediterranean sea