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Ancient Greeks called the island "Melita" or "honey" which over the centuries evolved to become the Slavic name, Mljet (pronounced). Mljet has been regarded as the "Melita" on which Paul the Apostle was shipwrecked ( Acts of the Apostles 27:39–28:11), this view being first expounded in the 10th century, by Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine ...
Melite (Ancient Greek: Μελίτη, Melítē) or Melita was an ancient city located on the site of present-day Mdina and Rabat, Malta. It started out as a Bronze Age settlement, which developed into a city called Ann ( Phoenician : 𐤀𐤍𐤍 , ʾnn ) under the Phoenicians and became the administrative centre of the island. [ 1 ]
The island is situated in the Mediterranean Sea directly south of Italy and north of Libya. It lies south-east of the smaller islands of Gozo and Comino .The island is 27 kilometres (17 mi) long and 14.5 kilometres (9 mi) wide, with a total area of 246 square kilometres (95 sq mi).
The earliest mentions of Malta in this era are scant, and usually inferred in passages relating to Sicily.In a passage by Victor Vitensis, Bishop of Vita, historians infer that towards the end of the fifth century, the Maltese islands were conquered by Vandals from their Kingdom in North Africa, and then handed to Odoacre, the Ostrogothic king of Italy.
Melita F.C., a football (soccer) club in Malta; Melita (telecommunications company), a telecommunications company in Malta; HMS Melita, two warships of the Royal Navy; Melita Stadium, Chester Hill, New South Wales, Australia "Melita", an alternative tune to the hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save"
Malta (/ ˈ m ɒ l t ə / ⓘ MOL-tə, / ˈ m ɔː l t ə / MAWL-tə, Maltese: [ˈmɐːltɐ]), officially the Republic of Malta, [14] is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa.
Malta has been inhabited since 5900 BC. DNA analysis indicates that the first inhabitants originated from various European and African regions of the Mediterranean.They practiced mixed farming after clearing most of the existing conifer forest that dominated the islands, but their agricultural methods degraded the soil until the islands became uninhabitable.
Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta. [3] The text refers to Μελίτη (melitē), [4] which is generally acknowledged to mean the island of Malta. It has also been argued that the Dalmatian island of Meleda in the Adriatic Sea, known as Melita Illyrica, was the location.