| breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat | a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964 |
| a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat | a strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea |
| the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French | |
| a native or inhabitant of Malta | |