Valletta

American  

[vuh-let-uh] / vəˈlɛt ə /

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Malta, on the NE coast.

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Valletta British  

/ vəˈlɛtə /

noun

1. the capital of Malta, on the NE coast: founded by the Knights Hospitallers, after the victory over the Turks in 1565; became a major naval base after Malta's annexation by Britain (1814). Pop: 84 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

He painted The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, which still hangs in St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, and is the only painting Caravaggio ever signed.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

She was rushed to a hospital in Malta's capital, Valletta, and after ruling out meningitis or a brain hemorrhage, doctors began to suspect she might have a very rare condition known as a CSF leak.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Founded in 1628, the monastery in La Valletta Brianza, near Milan, was where Carlo Acutis, the Catholic Church's first millennial saint, took his First Communion.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

Cleverly also laid flowers at a makeshift memorial to murdered anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia opposite the law courts in Valletta.

From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2023

A certain amount of dickering seems to be considered necessary, and it is in fact the life of trade in Valletta and Alexandria.

From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray