Malta in other languages: exonyms, Valletta, flag and 68 councils
Malta is Malta in both of its official languages, officially Repubblika ta’ Malta in Maltese and the Republic of Malta in English, with the ISO codes MT, MLT and 470. Below are the name in 184 languages, the capital Valletta in 59, and the 68 local councils.
Official languagesMaltese (Malti), English
Checked
- alpha-2
- MT
- alpha-3
- MLT
- numeric
- 470
Repubblika ta’ Malta
Republic of Malta
- English
- MaltaRepublic of Malta
- Capital
- VallettaValletta
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Malta in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Afrikaans, Aragonese, Asturian, Aymara, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Cornish, Corsican, Kashubian, Welsh, Danish, Lower Sorbian, Estonian, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, Franco-Provençal, North Frisian, West Frisian, Scottish Gaelic, Galician, Manx, Guarani, Hausa, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Javanese, Greenlandic, Kinyarwanda, Kurmanji Kurdish, Latvian, Limburgish, Lingala, Lithuanian, Ladin, Latgalian, Malagasy, Maltese, Nahuatl, Dutch, Norwegian, Novial, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Romansh, Romanian, Kirundi, Aromanian, Sicilian, Slovak, Slovenian, Northern Sami, Samogitian, Spanish, Albanian, Sardinian, Saterland Frisian, Swahili, Swedish, Tetum, Turkish, Võro, Zazaki, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | eng / afr / arg / ast / aym / bre / cat / ces / cor / cos / csb / cym / dan / dsb / est / eus / fao / fin / fkv / frp / frr / fry / gla / glg / glv / grn / hau / hrv / hsb / ina / ind / isl / ita / jav / kal / kin / kur / lav / lim / lin / lit / lld / ltg / mlg / mlt / nah / nld / nor / nov / oci / pol / por / que / roh / ron / run / rup / scn / slk / slv / sme / smg / spa / sqi / srd / stq / swa / swe / tet / tur / vor / zza / deu / ltz / nds | Malta | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Turkmen | crh / gag / kaa / tuk | Malta / Мальта | Malta |
| French, Friulian, Jersey Norman French, Norman French | fra / fur / jnf / nrm | Malte | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Moldovan, Slovio | aze / mol / slo | Malta / Малта | Malta |
| Haitian Creole, Mossi, Wolof | hat / mos / wol | Malt | same as written |
| Samoan, Tongan | smo / ton | Molota | same as written |
| Bambara | bam | Maliti | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Malta / Малта / مالتا | Malta |
| Zarma | dje | Malita | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Malto | same as written |
| Irish, Hungarian | gle / hun | Málta | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Mọlta | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Melitta, Malta, Melita | same as written |
| Maori | mri | Merita | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Malta / مالتا | Malta |
| Southern Ndebele | nbl | iMalitha | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Malta / माल्ता | Malta |
| Somali | som | Maalda | same as written |
| Tswana | tsn | Maleta | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Malta / Мальта / مەلتە | Malta |
| Veps | vep | Mal’t | same as written |
| Vietnamese | vie | Man-ta | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Malteän | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Male | same as written |
| Xhosa | xho | iMalta | same as written |
| Zulu | zul | iMelitha | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic, Abkhaz, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Rusyn | chu / abk / bul / mkd / rue | Малта | Malta |
| Abaza, Altai, Avar, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Kalmyk | abq / alt / ava / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / rus / sah / tyv / udm / ukr / xal | Мальта | Mal'ta |
| Bashkir, Chechen, Belarusian | bak / che / bel | Мальта / Malta | Malta |
| Chuvash | chv | Мальтӑ | Mal'tă |
| Kazakh, Kyrgyz | kaz / kir | Мальта / مالتا / Malta | Malta |
| Kabardian | kbd | Малтэ | Maltă |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Малта / Malta, Малт / Malt | Malta, Malt |
| Mongolian | mon | Мальт | Mal't |
| Ossetian | oss | Мальтӕ | Mal'tä |
| Serbian | srp | Малта / Malta | Malta |
| Tatar | tat | Мальта / Malta / مالتا | Malta |
| Tajik | tgk | Малта / ملته / Malta | Malta |
| Arabic | ara | مالطا, مالطة | Mālṭā, Māliṭâ / Mālṭâ |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | مالتا / Malta | Malta |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | ماڵتا / Maḻta, مالتا / Malta | Maḻta, Malta |
| Persian | fas | مالت / Mâlt | Mâlt |
| Western Punjabi, Urdu | pnb / urd | مالٹا | Mālṫā |
| Dari | prs | مالتا | Māltā |
| Pashto | pus | مالټا, مالتا, مالته | Mālṫā, Māltā, Māltâ |
| Uyghur | uig | مالتا / Malta / Мальта | Malta |
| Dhivehi | div | މޯލްޓާ | Mōlṫā |
| Syriac | syr | ܡܠܜܐ | Malṭā |
| Hebrew | heb | מלטה, מאלטה | Malṭah, Mālṭah |
| Ladino | lad | מאלטה / Malta | Malta |
| Yiddish | yid | מאַלטאַ | Malta |
| Berber, Kabyle | ber / kab | ⵎⴰⵍⵟⴰ / Malṭa | Malṭa |
| Amharic | amh | ማልታ | Malta |
| Greek | ell | Μάλτα | Málta |
| Armenian | hye | Մալթա | Malt̕a |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | მალტა | Malta |
| Laz | lzz | მალტა / Malt’a | Malt’a |
| Hindi | hin | माल्टा / मालटा | Mālṭā |
| Bengali | ben | মল্টা, মাল্টা | Môlṭā, Mālṭā |
| Gujarati | guj | માલ્ટા | Mālṭā |
| Odia | ori | ମାଲ୍ଟା | Mālṭā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਮਾਲਟਾ | Mālṭā |
| Sinhala | sin | මෝල්ටාව | Mōlṭāva |
| Kannada | kan | ಮಾಲ್ಟ | Mālṭa |
| Malayalam | mal | മാള്ട്ട | Māḷṭṭa |
| Tamil | tam | மால்டா, மால்ட்டா | Mālṭā, Mālṭṭā |
| Telugu | tel | మాల్టా, మాల్ట | Mālṭā, Mālṭa |
| Chinese | zho | 馬耳他/马耳他 | Mǎ'ěrtā |
| Japanese | jpn | マルタ | Maruta |
| Korean | kor | 몰타 | Molta |
| Tibetan | bod | མལ་ཏ། | Mal.ta |
| Burmese | mya | မော်လတာ | Mɔláta |
| Thai | tha | มอลตา | Mɔ̄ntā |
| Khmer | khm | ម៉ាល់តា | Maltā |
Malta keeps one spelling in most languages written in the Latin alphabet; French and the Norman varieties write Malte, and Cyrillic adds a soft sign in Мальта.
Two official languages, one name
Malta has two official languages, Maltese and English, and both call the state Malta: Repubblika ta’ Malta and the Republic of Malta. The adjective is Malti in Maltese and Maltese in English, and the currency reads ewro and ċenteżmi in one language, euro and cents in the other.
Maltese is a Semitic language written in the Latin alphabet. Its extra letters, ċ, ġ, ħ, ż and the digraph għ, run through the council names below: Għajnsielem, Ħamrun, Birżebbuġa, Siġġiewi.
Abroad the name hardly changes. Most languages in Latin script write Malta, French and Friulian have Malte, and Russian writes Мальта with a soft sign. The capital varies more. Lithuanian and Portuguese drop a consonant and write Valeta, Catalan and Italian prefer La Valletta, and Arabic gives فاليتا.
Valletta in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Maltese, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | eng / mlt / deu / ltz / nds | Valletta | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Samogitian, Tetum | kur / lit / por / smg / tet | Valeta | same as written |
| Catalan, Italian | cat / ita | La Valletta | same as written |
| Basque, Latvian | eus / lav | Valleta | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Valletta / Валлетта | Valletta |
| Bosnian | bos | Valletta / Валета / والەتا | Valletta |
| Esperanto | epo | Valeto, La Valeto | same as written |
| French | fra | La Valette | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Vaileite | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Valletta / ۏاليتا | Valletta |
| Spanish | spa | La Valeta, Valleta | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Waletta / Валетта | Waletta |
| Uzbek | uzb | Valletta / Валлетта / ۋەللېتتە | Valletta |
| Belarusian, Serbian | bel / srp | Валета / Valeta | Valeta |
| Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian | mon / rus / ukr | Валлетта | Valletta |
| Bashkir | bak | Валлетта / Valletta | Valletta |
| Bulgarian | bul | Ла Валета | La Valeta |
| Chuvash | chv | Валлеттӑ | Vallettă |
| Kazakh | kaz | Валлетта / ۆاللەتتا / Valletta | Valletta |
| Kabardian | kbd | Валлеттэ | Vallettă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Валлетта / ۋاللەتتا / Valletta | Valletta |
| Ossetian | oss | Валлеттӕ | Vallettä |
| Tatar | tat | Валлетта / Valletta / ۋاللېتتا | Valletta |
| Tajik | tgk | Валлетта / ولیته / Valletta | Valletta |
| Arabic | ara | فاليتا | Fālītā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | واللئتتا / Valletta | Valletta |
| Persian | fas | والتا / Vâletâ, والت / Vâlet, لاوالت / Lâvâlet | Vâletâ, Vâlet, Lâvâlet |
| Pashto | pus | لاولېتا | Lāwaletā |
| Uyghur | uig | ۋاللېتتا / Wallétta / Валлетта | Wallétta |
| Urdu | urd | والیٹا | Vālēṫā |
| Syriac | syr | ܒܠܬܐ | Baletā |
| Hebrew | heb | ולטה / וולטה, ואלטה / וואלטה | Valeṭah, Vāleṭah |
| Yiddish | yid | װאַלעטאַ | Valeta |
| Amharic | amh | ቫሌታ | Valeta |
| Greek | ell | Βαλέτα, Βαλέττα, Βαλλέττα | Valéta, Valétta, Vallétta |
| Armenian | hye | Վալետա | Valeta |
| Georgian | kat | ვალეტა | Valeta |
| Hindi | hin | वलेत्ता | Valettā |
| Bengali | ben | ভ্যালেটা | Bʰæleṭā |
| Kannada | kan | ವಲೆಟ | Valeṭa |
| Tamil | tam | வல்லெட்டா | Valleṭṭā |
| Chinese | zho | 瓦萊塔/瓦莱塔 | Wǎláitǎ |
| Japanese | jpn | ヴァレッタ, バレッタ | Varetta, Baretta |
| Korean | kor | 발레타 | Balleta |
| Thai | tha | วัลเลตตา, วัลเล็ตตา | Wânlēttā, Wânlettā |
| Khmer | khm | វ៉ាលេតា | Vāletā |
Catalan and Italian put the article in front: La Valletta. Maltese and English share the spelling Valletta.
The 68 local councils of Malta in Maltese and English
Malta has 68 local councils (kunsilli lokali) on the islands of Malta and Gozo, numbered MT-01 to MT-68 in ISO 3166-2 in the order of the Maltese alphabet. Each council is named after its town or village, which is also its seat; where English has a name of its own, it stands in the English column.
| ISO 3166-2 | Maltese | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local councils kunsilli lokali68 | ||||
| MT-01 | Attard | Attard | ||
| MT-02 | Balzan | Balzan | ||
| MT-03 | Birgu | Birgu | ||
| MT-04 | Birkirkara | Birkirkara | ||
| MT-05 | Birżebbuġa | Birżebbuġa | ||
| MT-06 | Bormla | Bormla | ||
| MT-07 | Dingli | Dingli | ||
| MT-08 | Fgura | Fgura | ||
| MT-09 | Furjana | Floriana | ||
| MT-10 | Fontana | Fontana | ||
| MT-11 | Gudja | Gudja | ||
| MT-12 | Gżira | Gżira | ||
| MT-13 | Għajnsielem | Għajnsielem | ||
| MT-14 | Għarb | Għarb | ||
| MT-15 | Għargħur | Għargħur | ||
| MT-16 | Għasri | Għasri | ||
| MT-17 | Għaxaq | Għaxaq | ||
| MT-18 | Ħamrun | Ħamrun | ||
| MT-19 | Iklin | Iklin | ||
| MT-20 | Isla | Isla | ||
| MT-21 | Kalkara | Kalkara | ||
| MT-22 | Kerċem | Kerċem | ||
| MT-23 | Kirkop | Kirkop | ||
| MT-24 | Lija | Lija | ||
| MT-25 | Luqa | Luqa | ||
| MT-26 | Marsa | Marsa | ||
| MT-27 | Marsaskala | Marsaskala | ||
| MT-28 | Marsaxlokk | Marsaxlokk | ||
| MT-29 | Mdina | Mdina | ||
| MT-30 | Mellieħa | Mellieħa | ||
| MT-31 | Mġarr | Mġarr | ||
| MT-32 | Mosta | Mosta | ||
| MT-33 | Mqabba | Mqabba | ||
| MT-34 | Msida | Msida | ||
| MT-35 | Mtarfa | Mtarfa | ||
| MT-36 | Munxar | Munxar | ||
| MT-37 | Nadur | Nadur | ||
| MT-38 | Naxxar | Naxxar | ||
| MT-39 | Paola | Paola | ||
| MT-40 | Pembroke | Pembroke | ||
| MT-41 | Pietà | Pietà | ||
| MT-42 | Qala | Qala | ||
| MT-43 | Qormi | Qormi | ||
| MT-44 | Qrendi | Qrendi | ||
| MT-45 | Rabat Għawdex | Rabat Gozo | ||
| MT-46 | Rabat Malta | Rabat Malta | ||
| MT-47 | Safi | Safi | ||
| MT-48 | San Ġiljan | Saint Julian’s | ||
| MT-49 | San Ġwann | Saint John | ||
| MT-50 | San Lawrenz | Saint Lawrence | ||
| MT-51 | San Pawl il-Baħar | Saint Paul’s Bay | ||
| MT-52 | Sannat | Sannat | ||
| MT-53 | Santa Luċija | Saint Lucia’s | ||
| MT-54 | Santa Venera | Santa Venera | ||
| MT-55 | Siġġiewi | Siġġiewi | ||
| MT-56 | Sliema | Sliema | ||
| MT-57 | Swieqi | Swieqi | ||
| MT-58 | Ta’ Xbiex | Ta’ Xbiex | ||
| MT-59 | Tarxien | Tarxien | ||
| MT-60 | Valletta | Valletta | ||
| MT-61 | Xagħra | Xagħra | ||
| MT-62 | Xewkija | Xewkija | ||
| MT-63 | Xgħajra | Xgħajra | ||
| MT-64 | Żabbar | Żabbar | ||
| MT-65 | Żebbuġ Għawdex | Żebbuġ Gozo | ||
| MT-66 | Żebbuġ Malta | Żebbuġ Malta | ||
| MT-67 | Żejtun | Żejtun | ||
| MT-68 | Żurrieq | Żurrieq | ||
Codes: ISO 3166-2:MT, added in Newsletter I-9 of 28 November 2007, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:MT, checked 28 October 2026. ISO's Maltese column writes Floriana for MT-09, where Maltese usage is Il-Furjana.
Councils, numbers and the two Rabats
ISO 3166-2 added the local councils on 28 November 2007, and the list has stayed the same since then. Councils carry a number, not letters, so Attard is MT-01 and Żurrieq MT-68.
Several places have a second name in English. San Ġiljan is Saint Julian’s, San Pawl il-Baħar is Saint Paul’s Bay, and Gozo, Għawdex in Maltese, separates the two Rabats and the two Żebbuġs: Rabat Għawdex and Rabat Malta, Żebbuġ Għawdex and Żebbuġ Malta.
Questions about the names and councils of Malta
What is the official name of Malta in Maltese?
Repubblika ta’ Malta. In English it is the Republic of Malta.
What are the ISO codes of Malta?
MT (alpha-2), MLT (alpha-3) and 470 (numeric) in ISO 3166-1.
How many local councils does Malta have?
68, coded MT-01 to MT-68 in ISO 3166-2 since November 2007.