misilmiet

Maltese

Etymology

Attested in the placename Ħal Misilmiet, an area that was once a hamlet, now Hompesch Hunting Lodge or locally id-Dar tal-Kaċċa.[1] Compare with Arabic مُسْلِمَات (muslimāt, “plural of Muslimah, female equivalent of Muslim”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪ.sɪlˈmɪːt/

Noun

misilmiet

(archaic, obsolete) plural of misilma

Related terms

misilmin

References

Kappa Vision (2023 November 8) “Hompesch's Hunting Lodge in a Hunting Place”, in Facebook‎, retrieved 2024-03-16: “This area [Hompesch Hunting Lodge] was once a hamlet called Ħal Misilmiet (probably meaning the "hamlet of the Muslims").”

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[1] Kappa Vision (2023 November 8) “Hompesch's Hunting Lodge in a Hunting Place”, in Facebook‎, retrieved 2024-03-16: “This area [Hompesch Hunting Lodge] was once a hamlet called Ħal Misilmiet (probably meaning the "hamlet of the Muslims").”