Maltese people Maltese people The Maltese (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to Malta, and identified with the Maltese language. Malta is an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Included within the ethnic group defined by the Maltese people are the "Gozitans" (, ) who inhabit Malta's sister island, Gozo. The current Maltese people, characterised by the use of the Maltese language and by Roman Catholicism, are the descendants – through much mixing and hybridisation – of colonists from Sicily and Calabria who repopulated the Maltese islands in the beginning of the second millennium after a two-century lapse of
Name of Brazil the 1351 Medici Atlas denotes two islands of "brasil", one placed traditionally off Ireland, and the other in the Azores archipelago, in the location of Terceira Island. The "brasil" in this case could be a reference either to the island's volcanic complex, or to dragon's blood, a valuable red resin dye found on that island. "Brasil" is also used to designate Aruba in the Cantino planisphere. Name of Brazil The name "Brazil" is a shortened form of "Terra do Brasil", "land of Brazil", a reference to brazilwood, given in the early 16th century to the territories leased to the merchant