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From Arabicغَوْدَش(ḡawdaš), eventually probably from a Phoenician root 𐤂-𐤅-𐤋(g-w-l), meaning something like “turn around”. If this derivation is correct, the Arabs must have got the name from Ancient GreekΓαύδος(Gaúdos), Γαύλος(Gaúlos), perhaps through LatinGaudos, Gaulos. The specifics of the borrowing are related to the question of the pre-Arabic language of Malta and whether there was any population continuity after the conquest.
