Ħal Tmiem is a suburb of
Żejtun
Żejtun ( ) is a town in the Southern Region of Malta, with a population of 11,218 at the end of 2016. Żejtun is traditionally known as Città Beland, a title conferred by the grandmaster of the Order of the Knights of Malta, Ferdinand von ...
,
Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
. Located east of the city center, it covers an area of .
Name
Unlike common belief that the town is named "Tmiem"
1 due to it being on the outskirts of the much-larger town of Zejtun, the suburb's name is actually derived from ''"Temim Assant"'' which is the name of an
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
individual who lived in the area. Its name then changed through the following:
* “''raħal timin''” (1498)
* “''raħal timil''” (1534)
* “''raħal Chimin''” (1538)
* “''racal timin''” (1538)
* “''ta’ ħal timin''” (1593)
Chapel of St Mary of Ħal Tmin
This chapel was founded in 1597 by Leonardo Tabone and is dedicated to
the Assumption of Mary. It remains active and is used to teach
catechism classes and other religions actives and meetings.
Notes
*
1"Tmiem" means "End" in the
Maltese Language
Maltese (, also or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language derived from Siculo-Arabic, late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance languages, Romance Stratum (linguistics), superstrata. It is the only Semitic languages, Semitic language pred ...
.
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References
Żejtun