General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Malta
- Official English country name: The Republic of Malta
- Common endonym(s): Malta
- Official endonym(s): Ir-Repubblika ta' Malta
- Adjectival(s): Maltese
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Malta
- ISO country codes: MT, MLT, 470
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:MT
- Internet country code top-level domain: .mt
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