valletta

Questions about valletta

What does valletta mean?

valletta means "the capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island".

How many syllables are in valletta?

valletta has 3 syllables and divides as val-let-ta under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for valletta?

Close synonyms include Valetta, capital of Malta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is valletta a common word?

valletta is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.