Preferred Label : malta;
MeSH definition : An independent state consisting of three islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of
Sicily. Its capital is Valetta. The major island is Malta, the two smaller islands
are Comino and Gozo. It was a Phoenician and Carthaginian colony, captured by the
Romans in 218 B.C. It was overrun by Saracens in 870, taken by the Normans in 1090,
and subsequently held by the French and later the British who allotted them a dominion
government in 1921. It became a crown colony in 1933, achieving independence in 1964.
The name possibly comes from a pre-Indoeuropean root mel, high, referring to its rocks,
but a more picturesque origin derives the name from the Greek melitta or melissa,
honey, with reference to its early fame for its honey production. (From Webster's
New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p719 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992,
p330); An independent state consisting of three islands: Malta, Comino and Gozo, located
in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily. Its capital is Valetta.;
MeSH annotation : a state of 3 islands south of Sicily;
Wikipedia link supervised : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta;
Origin ID : D008319;
UMLS CUI : C0024653;
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An independent state consisting of three islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of
Sicily. Its capital is Valetta. The major island is Malta, the two smaller islands
are Comino and Gozo. It was a Phoenician and Carthaginian colony, captured by the
Romans in 218 B.C. It was overrun by Saracens in 870, taken by the Normans in 1090,
and subsequently held by the French and later the British who allotted them a dominion
government in 1921. It became a crown colony in 1933, achieving independence in 1964.
The name possibly comes from a pre-Indoeuropean root mel, high, referring to its rocks,
but a more picturesque origin derives the name from the Greek melitta or melissa,
honey, with reference to its early fame for its honey production. (From Webster's
New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p719 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992,
p330)
An independent state consisting of three islands: Malta, Comino and Gozo, located
in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily. Its capital is Valetta.
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