Gozo

Gozo is an island of the in the Mediterranean Sea. Smaller, more remote and less built-up than Malta itself, it is a popular destination in its own right, particularly for more mature British and German couples.

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Gozo

  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
  • Also known as: “Calypso’s Island”, “Ghaudesh”, “Ghaudex”, “Ghawdex”, “Gocas”, “Gozas”, “Gozo sala”, “Gozzo”, “Gozzo Island”, “Île de Goso”, “Île de Gozo”, “Ilha do Gozo”, “islla de Gozo”, “Гоза”, “Гоццо”, “جزيرة غودش”, “جزیرهٔ غودش”, “جزیره گوزو”, “جزیرهٔ گوزو”, “கோசோத் தீவு”, “ゴゾ”, and “哥卓島”
  • Category: landform
  • Location: ,
  • View on Open­Street­Map
Latitude
36.0494° or 36° 2′ 58″ north
Longitude
14.25° or 14° 15′ east
Population
31,400
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Open location code
8F8P27X2+Q2
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yakut—“Gozo” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gozo”
  • Arabic: “غودش”
  • Armenian: “Գոցո”
  • Asturian: “Gozo”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gozo”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qozo”
  • Basque: “Gozo uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Гоца”
  • Belarusian: “Гоца”
  • Bengali: “গোজো”
  • Breton: “Gozo”
  • Bulgarian: “Гозо”
  • Catalan: “Gozo”
  • Cebuano: “Gozo”
  • Chinese: “哥佐島”
  • Chinese: “戈佐岛”
  • Chinese: “戈佐島”
  • Corsican: “Gozu”
  • Croatian: “Gozo”
  • Czech: “Gozo”
  • Danish: “Gozo”
  • Dutch: “Gozo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جودش”
  • Esperanto: “Gozo”
  • Estonian: “Għawdex”
  • Estonian: “Gozo”
  • Faroese: “Gozo”
  • Finnish: “Gozo”
  • French: “Gozo”
  • Galician: “Gozo”
  • Georgian: “გოცო”
  • German: “Gozo”
  • Greek: “Γκόζο”
  • Hebrew: “גוזו”
  • Hungarian: “Gozo”
  • Indonesian: “Gozo”
  • Interlingue: “Gozo”
  • Irish: “Għawdex”
  • Italian: “Gozo”
  • Japanese: “ゴゾ島”
  • Korean: “고조 섬”
  • Korean: “고조섬”
  • Latin: “Gaudus”
  • Latin: “Gaulos”
  • Latvian: “Audeša”
  • Latvian: “Goco”
  • Lithuanian: “Goco sala”
  • Low German: “Gozo”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gozo”
  • Maltese: “Għawdex”
  • Marathi: “गोझो”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gozo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gozo”
  • Norwegian: “Gozo”
  • Persian: “جزیره غودش”
  • Polish: “Gozo”
  • Portuguese: “Gozo”
  • Pushto: “ګوزو سیمه”
  • Romanian: “Insula Gozo”
  • Russian: “Гоцо”
  • Scots: “Gozo”
  • Serbian: “Goco”
  • Serbian: “Гоцо”
  • Sicilian: “Gozo”
  • Slovak: “Gozo”
  • Slovenian: “Gozo”
  • Spanish: “Għawdex”
  • Spanish: “Gozo”
  • Swedish: “Gozo”
  • Tamil: “கோசோ”
  • Thai: “เกาะโกโซ”
  • Turkish: “Gozo”
  • Ukrainian: “Гоцо”
  • Urdu: “گوزو”
  • Vietnamese: “Gozo”
  • Welsh: “Gozo”
  • Western Armenian: “Կոզո”
  • Wu Chinese: “戈佐岛”
  • Yakut: “Гоцо”

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