Cospicua
Sign in to saveCospicua (Italian) or Bormla (Maltese, ) is a double-fortified harbour city in the Port Region of Malta. It served as the principal port of Phoenician Malta and, through Greek, Latin, and Arabic, may have given its name to the island and country. Along with Birgu and Senglea, it is one of the Three Cities located within the Grand Harbour to the east of the capital city Valletta. With a population of 5,395 as of March 2014, it is the most dense city of the Three Cities. Locals are known for their Cottonera dialect.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cospicua
- Settlement.native_name
- Bormla
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- mt
- Settlement.other_name
- Bir Mula, Burmola, BormolaCittà Cospicua
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cospicua Dock 1.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Bormla as seen from Dock No. 1
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Bormla.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Bormla coa.jpg
- Settlement.nickname
- Belt l-Immakulata
- Settlement.motto
- Ingens Amplectitur Agger(Embraced by a large bastion)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Malta#Mediterranean
Key dates
- Inception
- 1 January 1701
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Bormla
- Country
- Malta
- Population
- +4780
- Area
- +0.9
- Elevation
- +40
- Shares border with
- Fgura
- Official website
- bormlalc.gov.mt
- Image
- Cospicua Dock 1.jpg
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Names
- History
- Culture
- Architecture
- Demographics
- Notable people
- Government
- Zones in Bormla
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
Cospicua (Italian) or Bormla (Maltese, ) is a double-fortified harbour city in the Port Region of Malta. It served as the principal port of Phoenician Malta and, through Greek, Latin, and Arabic, may have given its name to the island and country. Along with Birgu and Senglea, it is one of the Three Cities located within the Grand Harbour to the east of the capital city Valletta. With a population of 5,395 as of March 2014, it is the most dense city of the Three Cities. Locals are known for their Cottonera dialect.
==Names== The ancient Phoenician name Maleth meant "refuge" or "port", cognate with Hebrew malat (, "escape"). The Greek () and Latin probably derived from this toponym, despite being reapplied to Malta and then inland Phoenician settlement at Mdina after its conquest in the Second Punic War. The Maltese name probably derives from a combination of Arabic () and the Phoenician name. It has also been folk etymologized to derive from Old Maltese , literally "well of the landlord", from (), supposedly intending "well of the Lord".