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Malpighiales
Malpighiales is a large order of flowering plants (about 16,000 species, 36-42 families) in the rosid fabids, including Euphorbiaceae, Salicaceae, Malpighiaceae, and Rafflesiaceae; its deep phylogeny, long unresolved, was clarified by plastid phylogenomics.
Malpolon
Malpolon (Fitzinger, 1826) is a genus of large rear-fanged venomous psammophiid snakes, the Montpellier snakes, including M. monspessulanus, M. insignitus, and M. moilensis, of Mediterranean origin from the Maghreb.
Malposition of uterus
Malposition of uterus is the uterus sitting in an orientation other than its usual one, most commonly retroversion, a backward tilt known as a tipped or tilted uterus.
Malpractice
Malpractice, or professional negligence, is a tort in which a professional breaches a duty of care, causing harm; medical malpractice requires proving duty, breach, causation, and damages, with roots in the Code of Hammurabi and modern US litigation dating to about 1840.
Malprimis (crater on Iapetus)
Malprimis is a 377-km-wide impact crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus at 15.2°S, 118.2°W, IAU-approved in 2008 and named for a Saracen lord killed by Gerin in the Song of Roland.
Malt
Malt is cereal grain, chiefly barley, germinated under controlled moisture, temperature, and air, then kiln-dried to arrest growth; its enzymes make grain soluble for brewing beer, whisky, and foods.
Malt liquor
Malt liquor: a stronger-than-lager North American beer style (5.5–8% ABV) brewed with corn, rice, or sugar adjuncts and sold in large 40 oz containers; a marketing term, legally classified as beer, born in the late 1930s and known for Colt 45 and St. Ides.
MALT lymphoma
MALT lymphoma (extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) is an indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma arising at extranodal sites, chiefly the stomach, linked to chronic infection or autoimmunity, with NF-κB-activating translocations and 10-year survival up to 90%.
MALT1
MALT1 (paracaspase 1, PCASP1), mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1, is an 824-aa human protease-scaffold in the CBM complex that cleaves after arginine to activate NF-κB; discovered via the t(11;18) API2-MALT1 lymphoma translocation and now a drug target.
Malta
Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta), island republic in the central Mediterranean and smallest EU member state; parliamentary democracy with Labour-Nationalist two-party dominance, EU member since 2004, euro since 2008, highest EU population density.
Malta (island)
Malta (island): largest of the three inhabited Maltese Islands in the central Mediterranean, 93 km south of Sicily; 246 km² limestone island with karst terrain, scarce surface water, EU-highest population density, and prehistoric temples from 3600–2500 BCE.
Malta Air
Malta Air is a Maltese low-cost airline and wholly owned subsidiary of Ryanair Holdings, established in 2019 to fly Ryanair's Malta-based routes under a Maltese air operator's certificate.
Malta Film Commission
Malta Film Commission (MFC), Malta's government film agency in Kalkara, set up in 2000 and statutory under the 2005 Malta Film Commission Act; administers the 30–40% cash rebate, markets Malta as a filming location, and reports €1.2 billion sector value added 2018–2025.
Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Malta at Eurovision 2026 (Vienna): AIDAN with "Bella", winner of MESC 2026 (283 points); multilingual English-Maltese-Italian ballad; 8th in semi-final two, 18th in the Grand Final with 89 points.
Malta International Airport
Malta International Airport, also known as Luqa Airport, is the only airport in Malta, located at Luqa about 5 km southwest of Valletta; it opened in 1940 and handled over 10 million passengers in 2025.
Malta National Aquarium
Malta National Aquarium, Qawra, St. Paul's Bay: Malta's only public aquarium, opened October 2013 in a starfish-shaped building; 51 tanks, 250+ species, glass tunnel, €15.4 million EU-Government-private project.
Malta national football team
Malta national football team (Tim nazzjonali tal-futbol ta' Malta), men's team run by the Malta FA (founded 1900; FIFA 1959, UEFA 1960). First international 1957; four World Cup qualifying wins; FIFA rank 161st in 2026; plays at Ta' Qali.
Malta olympic committee
Malta Olympic Committee (MOC), Maltese Olympic Committee, Malta's National Olympic Committee founded 1928, IOC-recognized 1936; funds Maltese participation in Olympic, Commonwealth, Mediterranean, and Small States of Europe Games; president Julian Pace Bonello since 2013.
Malta Plateau
Malta Plateau: shallow carbonate platform in the Sicily Channel, central Mediterranean, stretching from the Hyblean Plateau to SE of Malta; 150 km long, 120 km wide, depths 100-200 m, on the Pelagian Platform of the African foreland.
Malta Stock Exchange
The Malta Stock Exchange (Borża ta' Malta) is Malta's licensed stock exchange for equities, bonds, and funds, established in 1990, fully government-owned, and one of Europe's smallest exchanges.
Maltai reliefs
The Maltai reliefs, known locally as Halamata, are Neo-Assyrian rock reliefs carved into Zawa Mountain near Duhok, Iraq, showing King Sennacherib worshipping a procession of great gods.
Malte C. Gather
Malte C. Gather is a German physicist working on organic electronics and biophotonics, known for creating the first biological living laser from a single cell.
Malted milk
Malted milk is a dried whole-milk powder blended with malted barley extract and wheat flour, invented in 1873 by the Horlick brothers, patented 1883, first sold as Diastoid, later the soda-fountain malt and Horlicks bedtime drink.
Maltepe (Pergamon)
Maltepe Tumulus (Maltepe Tümülüsü), a Roman Imperial burial mound at Pergamon, Bergama, Türkiye; second largest Pergamene tumulus at about 170 m diameter, 30 m high, with a three-part grave chamber aligned with the Traianeum; distinct from Maltepe sites near Phokaia, Kilise Tepe, and Sandıklı.
Maltepe, Istanbul
Maltepe (Istanbul district, Asian side, Marmara coast): 525,044 residents in 2025, 18 neighborhoods, mayor Esin Köymen (CHP); historic Bryas/Obnias settlement, M4 metro, Marmaray, Orhangazi coastal fill park, and major urban transformation programs.
Maltese alphabet
Maltese alphabet (L-Alfabett Malti): the 30-letter Latin-script alphabet of Maltese, the only Semitic EU language written in Latin script, with special letters ċ, ġ, ħ, ż and digraphs għ and ie, standardized 1921–1924 and official since 1934.
Maltese cross
The Maltese cross, also known as the Amalfi cross or Cross of Malta, is an eight-pointed cross of the Order of St John, its forked form dating to 1567.
Maltese cuisine
Maltese cuisine, the cooking of Malta and Gozo, is a Mediterranean tradition shaped by Sicilian, Arab, Knights-era French, and British influences; known for stuffat tal-fenek rabbit stew, pastizzi, ftira, and a growing MICHELIN-starred restaurant scene.
Maltese dog
Maltese dog, an ancient Bichon-family toy breed of Mediterranean origin with a long silky pure white coat, under 7 pounds, documented since Greek and Roman times; name derives from Semitic màlat, meaning refuge or harbour.
Maltese English
Maltese English (MaltE) is the English variety of Malta, an L2 English alongside Semitic Maltese, official since 1934. It spans near-RP acrolect to basilectal speech with Maltese contact features, code-switching, and rising endonormative stabilization.