Valletta
Port and capital of Malta, on the ne coast of the island. Founded in the 16th century, it was named after Jean Parisot de la Valette, Grand Master of the ...
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Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
... US frequency (2010): 1052 Italian (southern): from a diminutive of Valle . Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Antimo, Antonio, Caesar, Carmine, Giovanni, Nicola, Rocco, Salvatore, Umberto,...
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Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names (6 ed.)
...Valletta , Malta Named after Jean Parisot de la Valette ( 1494–1568 ), French Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of St John, who built the town after the Ottoman Turkish siege of 1565 . It became Malta’s capital in 1570 ....
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World Encyclopedia
... Port and capital of Malta , on the ne coast of the island. Founded in the 16th century, it was named after Jean Parisot de la Valette , Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of St John, who organized the reconstruction of the city after repelling the Turks' Great Siege of 1565 . Notable sights include the Royal University of Malta ( 1592 ) and the Cathedral of San Giovanni ( 1576 ). Industries: shipbuilding and repairs, transshipment, tourism. Pop. ( 1995 ) 7,100; 195,500...
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Neil Morris
Dictionary Plus Social Sciences
...Valletta The capital and chief port of Malta, on the north-east coast of the island. Founded in 1566 after the Knights Hospitaller repelled a siege by Ottoman Turks and named after their grand master Jean Parisot de la Valette, it became a British naval base in the nineteenth century and remained capital after Maltese independence in 1964 . The city has many fine old buildings, such as Saint John’s Co-Cathedral ( 1577 ). It is an important commercial centre popular with tourists. Population ( 2011 ) 5,750. Neil Morris...
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New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary (2 ed.)
... • abetter , begetter, better, bettor, biretta, bruschetta, carburettor ( US carburetor), debtor, feta, fetter, forgetter, getter, go-getter, Greta, Henrietta, letter, Loretta, mantelletta, operetta, petter, Quetta, setter, sinfonietta, sweater, upsetter, Valletta, vendetta, whetter • bisector , collector, connector, convector, corrector, defector, deflector, detector, director, ejector, elector, erector, hector, injector, inspector, nectar, objector, perfecter, projector, prospector, protector, rector, reflector, rejector, respecter, sector,...
Valletta
Naval Battle of Malta
Ursula Vaughan Williams
Nicoló Isouard
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Mattia Preti
Malta
Malta Stock Exchange, The (Malta) Reference library
The Handbook of International Financial Terms
...Stock Exchange, The (Malta) . Pope Pius V Street, MT-Valletta (tel. 366 244051; fax 356...
