The Sciberras Peninsula is a
peninsula
A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...
in the
South Eastern Region of Malta, between the
Grand Harbour in the south and
Marsamxett Harbour in the north. At its end stands the
Mount Sciberras
Mount Sceberras is a hill in Valletta, Malta. that rises 56m above the Grand Harbour to the south and Marsamxett Harbour to the north. It is upon this hill that the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Jean Parisot de Valette commissioned the const ...
, which gave its name to the peninsula. During the Arab occupation the peninsula was called ''Mu'awiya'', which has been taken up in
Maltese
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as ''Xagħriet Mewwija'' (uncultivated and undulating heaths).
Valletta, the capital of Malta, is located on the Sciberras Peninsula, as is its suburb
Floriana.
Some authors maintain that the name comes from the old Maltese family name Sciberras or ''Xiberras'', who would have owned the land. Recent scholarly studies indicate that the phrase ''Xeberras'' is a Punic phrase which means ''the headland'', or ''the middle peninsula'', which is exactly the geographic characteristic of the Valletta-Floriana peninsula.
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